The pool with sand. That's what you need when there are stingers at the beach.

Holidaying with Cyclone Nathan

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March 14th 2015
It was a very Queensland welcome - we landed in Cairns, came off the plane and there was a cane toad on the air bridge. It's the first one I've seen, but as to whether I can consider it in its natural habitat, usually one of my criteria, is another thing again. After all, Cairns airport is hardly the great outdoors! The weekend in Port Douglas had been booked some time ago. It was the shoulder ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Port Douglas

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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