Morehead River

Left Cairns for the outback

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May 17th 2015
Hi all. Finally left Cairns at about 9.15am on Sunday 17th. We were planning to get about half way to Weipa which is in the Cape Peninsula. We got to Port Douglas as a first stop and the girls decided they loved the market and the shops and then decided they wanted to have lunch there. Two hours later we were still there. A five minute stop. Haha. Finally after lunch we left being over one hour be ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Lakeland

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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