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Flying over the Rain Forest with Skyrail

Posted on March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Skyrail is a seven and a half kilometer long aerial tramway from the Atherton Tablelands town of Kuranda to the Smithfield ground station just sixteen minutes north of Cairns. You can take the cable cars in both directions for a round trip, or you can combine it with the Kuranda Scenic railway excursion as we…

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One Winery, Two Giant Fig Trees and a Restaurant in the Middle of Nowhere

Posted on February 26, 2023February 27, 2023

In this, the third installment of my look at Cairns, Australia and the surrounding area, we once again visit the tablelands. Heading south from Mossman, we climbed a winding road onto the tablelands and on through miles and miles of tropical forest and wetlands. A curious sight along the way through the long flat stretches…

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Photo Gallery: A Winery and Two Fig Trees

Posted on February 26, 2023February 27, 2023

Here are some additional photos for my third post about Cairns and the surrounding area. 

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Beaches and Waterfalls Around Cairns and the Tablelands

Posted on January 21, 2023February 27, 2023

The Beaches On our recent visit to our friends Ralph and KC in the Cairns suburb of Goldsborough, they took us far and wide to show us some of the magnificent scenery to be found in the region. North of Cairns to Port Douglas is a Mecca for tourists with gorgeous sandy beaches hugging the…

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Photo Gallery: Beaches & Waterfalls Around Cairns

Posted on January 21, 2023February 24, 2023

Here are some additional photos of the beaches and waterfalls around Cairns.

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Cane Trains and Brumbies! Oh My!

Posted on January 14, 2023January 14, 2023

When my wife and I decided to visit my old friend Ralph and his wife KC in Cairns for a week, I had no idea what this Northern Queensland city was all about. I thought it was some remote town whose only claim to fame was its proximity to the Great Barrier Reef. Boy, did…

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Photo Gallery: Cane Trains and Brumbies

Posted on January 14, 2023January 14, 2023

Here are some additional photos from our visit. This is just a sample as I took over 600 while we were there. |Others will be included with subsequent posts. Above: The community of Goldsborough as seen from the top of Ralph and KC’s driveway. The empty lot next to them still has some sugar cane…

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Photo Gallery: Mammoth Cave, Western Australia

Posted on September 7, 2018December 31, 2019

Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos from our visit to the Mammoth Cave in Western Australia. The one above is looking at the sinkhole from near the exit. The first chamber we entered. This photo was taken with a flash. Compare it to the one without flash in the original blog post. Some…

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Mammoth Cave, Western Australia

Posted on September 7, 2018December 31, 2019

Follow us on Facebook! One of the highlights of the Margaret River Region about 300 kilometres south of Perth, Australia is a series of caves stretching from Dunsborough to Augusta. There are over a hundred of them and four have been developed as tourist attractions.  These are the Ngilgi Cave near Yallingup, the Mammoth and Lake…

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Perth’s Playground

Posted on August 16, 2018December 31, 2019

Follow us on Facebook! Back in 1984, Perth businessman Dallas Dempster had a smart idea. Let’s get rid of this dump! Burswood Island, an island in the Swan River just a couple of kilometres from Perth’s city center, was the site of a large landfill. Dempster suggested to the Western Australian government that the site could…

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