Where the rainforest and beach meet

Trip to cairns

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May 12th 2015
5/5 My flight left Sydney at 7:30 this morning so I was at the hostel in cairns by 11am. I met up with Kennedy who has been working in cairns since I left cairns last month. She's also working for free accommodation so I waited for her to finish her cleaning and then we went to get sushi for lunch and catch up. We spent the afternoon at the lagoon which was so nice for me to be back in the hot wea ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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