Kuranda Market

Day 148 - Kuranda to Cairns

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August 22nd 2015
The next day in Kuranda was Saturday - a big market day! We got up early to beat the rush and checked out of the Caravan Park and drove back to Kuranda township. It didn't seem to be so busy as we parked the bus and took a shortcut through the back alleys to the market stalls. We walked through the market and because we had beaten the first train up from Cairns (and SkyRail too) it was very qui ... 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