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Adrenaline rushes at mission beach

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September 28th 2007
From Cairns (after a day in Innisfail) i went to mission beach for 2 days of activities. I got a package of an 11,000 ft tandem skydive and white water rafting. I decided to upgrade the skydive to 14,000 ft, giving 60 seconds of freefall (which i would recomend to anyone thinking of doing a jump because the first few seconds are largely a blur!)It took about 15 minutes to reach 14,000 feet, which ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Mission Beach

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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