On Top of the World Down Under ; Philip Nolan Leaves Behind Queensland's Coral Reefs to Brave Crocodiles and the World's Longest Cable Car [Eire Region]
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I'M sitting alone in a gondola on the world's longest cable-car ride, looking to my left into a gorge, 300-metres deep. Astonishingly, given my sometimes crippling fear of heights, I am not sucking my own fist and whimpering like a baby, thanks largely to the robust anaesthetic powers of the beer I've just been knocking back in Kuranda.
I've arrived here after a trip to Hamilton Island, where George Karellas, the Irish finalist in the competition to land the so- called best job in the world, was beaten to the tape this week by Englishman Ben Southall. As 'caretaker' of the island and the of Great Barrier Reef, Southall will also be required to travel in the wider Queensland area, writing weekly blogs about his experiences - and there is little doubt that Kuranda will be on his itinerary.See the full content of this document
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On Top of the World Down Under ; Philip Nolan Leaves Behind Queensland's Coral Reefs to Brave Crocodiles and the World's Longest Cable Car [Eire Region]
I travelled to the pretty little rainforest village on the Kuranda Scenic Railway, built at the end of the 19th century, largely by Irish immigrants, which offers stunning views of the Stoney Creek Falls and B...
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