Yorkeys Knob Beach

Cairns to Port Douglas

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July 8th 2016
Cairns to Port Douglas The travel from Cairns to Port Douglas only a relatively short distance, however we stopped and sight see'd along the way. Departing at 0908hrs, odometer 95233, temperature 15 degrees celsius. Our first sea side stop was Yorkeys Knob a place that we had stayed on a previous visit to Cairns. Yorkeys Knob is a northern suburb of Cairns. It is approximately 13 kilometres ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Port Douglas

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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