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Cairns - the end of the road

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January 15th 2016
We left Townsville to travel to Cairns feeling fully refreshed after our week's rest, which was a good job really as we had to set the alarm for 4.15 am to get up in time to catch the bus. The bus didn't leave until 6.45 am and the taxi ride would only take five minutes but we found our travelling was beginning to take its toll (or was it just that we were getting older?) and I now needed at least ... 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