Town Hall and Library in Laura

To the end of the road (in our van anyway)

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June 7th 2013
Geo: -15.4675, 145.249Paronella Park to Cooktown 27th MayThe time is passing so quickly now, I can't believe we have to leave the van in Cairns in 2 ½ weeks.At the end of the last blog we were leaving the coast for Paronella Park near Mena Creek. In the early 1900s a poor Catalan immigrant left his home land and his betrothed and became a cane cutter in the area of Mena Creek. He ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cooktown

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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