Whitehaven beach

Queensland Australia!

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March 6th 2007
Hello all Well its been a fabulous first two weeks on the road. After about 40 hours of traveling via Singapore and Darwin, Tom and I were both rather hysterical but very happy and excited indeed. We started off in Cairns and despite crazy seasonal rain managed to get out and see the great barrier reef - STUNNING!!! We also went up North to Cape Tribulation, but a flooded road - those dam ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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