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1/08/2005
This month’s entries are ordered backward, so that they are easier to read from the top, as they are a rough kind of journal, and not a web log as such. This means the dates at the top and bottom of each entry is incorrect, the correct dates are at the beginning of each [...]

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Wellington – Cairns

Posted in Australia, Cape York, Travel on August 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment »

6/08/2005
Not a pleasant day – up at 3.20am, to catch 6.00am flight to Sydney; from there, to catch another flight to Cairns. Since I have a really bad cold at present I really didn’t enjoy any of this.
Checked into our hotel, then went for a walk around Cairns. The Holiday Inn is (surprise!) a really [...]

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Cairns – Torres Strait

Posted in Australia, Cape York, Travel on August 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment »

7/08/2005
Fine and sunny in Cairns, went out early and had breakfast at a place on the esplanade, what a pleasant climate – about 20C, with a very light breeze.

Two hour flight to Horn Island, then a very expensive bus and ferry ride across to Thursday Island. This is like a real frontier town – very [...]

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