Cairns - Kuranda Boardwalk

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

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November 16th 2007
Arrived just after 9.00am after flying overnight from Darwin. Had nightmares trying to get cash out of Aussie ATMs (so did Americans) - turns out you have to say you are using a credit card even when your'e not - but we didn't find that out till much later!. We went straight into downtown Cairns and spent the morning in an excellent Info agency who booked us into a good-value hotel and arranged th ... 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