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Great Barrier Reef

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February 5th 2017
Today we awoke to torrential rains. Cains/Port Douglas is located on the edge of a rain forest, so it should not be surprising when there is rain. But, this is the only time in my life to see the Great Barrier Reef, and I was certainly disappointed to see the rain. But, rain or not, I was here to see, and hopefully snorkel at the the world’s largest living organism, and one of the Seven Wonde ... 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