The Rest of Cairns 183

The Rest of Cairns

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March 7th 2015
I never updated anything besides the Reef during the Cairns trip, so that's what this post is about. I'll get caught up with everything afterward in separate posts so this doesn't become my first book. We went rafting the first day, like I said in the earlier post. The rapids were the best I've been on, and the rainforest itself had plenty of cool waterfalls and side streams flowing into it tha ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more