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Background: 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 of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy. It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990's, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980's. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef.




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By Susanti
December 23rd 2009
Already awake Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane
Good morning! I'm an early bird today. I woke up at 5AM. And now it's 6:18AM...I don't know why, but for some reason I wake up around 5/6AM in the mornings here in Australia. There is a train that frequently comes by the hostel which wakes you up too! I have 3 new room mates. I've only met one of them (Japanese girl), the others came in late so I was already (pretending) to sleep, haha. Today is my trip to Byron Bay. Looks like I'll be going to a honey farm and I can try different funny flavoures and I [View Full Entry]

Susanti - Susanti Is My Name | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 22nd 2009 | 18 Views | [diary=462098]


The Atherton Tablelands is considered THE agricultural center when it comes to Cairns. Gourmet traveling, farming and dairies are all culminated in this one place. The Tablelands has started out as a forest, but with the discovery of tin and gold in the area, settlers pushed through and slowly developed the area. From farms, it went to dairies; from forests, it became communities. This happened a few centuries ago, but the efforts of modernization continue to linger even still among the lands. The Atherton Tablelands can be found West off of Cairns. Cairns is also the hub of modern and a [View Full Entry]

Barramundi - Byron Ash | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 22nd 2009 | 1 Views | [diary=461906]


By Susanti
December 22nd 2009
Free City Tour Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane
Good day mates! Right now I've just finished this free city tour of Brisbane. There are 2 guys who show you around the city for free (one guy was cheating, he was actually British, but the other one was from Brisbane). They live of tips, but I didn't give them any. I'm a poor backpacker, lol. This morning I got up early to go to the centre. The shops are open at 8AM and I really needed to get a new memory card for my camera. Luckily I found a store that had one left for me. It's a 2GB and [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 22nd 2009 | 22 Views | [diary=461952]

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By Susanti
December 22nd 2009
Rain down on me Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane
Right...so I almost got a heartattack and broke down in tears, because my camera doesn't recognize the 1GB card anymore which I lend from my parents. I just came back from a major thunder and lightning and rain experience...I ran from the library to the hostel. I was running like an idiot down the bridge (it must have been quite a funny sight for the people in the cars). The hostel wouldn't allow me to plug in my cardreader, so now I am back again in another hostel, where they do allow it. It's costing me 1,50 for 15 minutes. I [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 22nd 2009 | 15 Views | [diary=461970]


Hi everyone We're here on daydream island safe and sound. We sat on the beach today and although you can't swim in the sea the pool was close by and very very large. Later on as we were reading our books two wallabies bounced right by us on the sand. They came over really close probably looking for food. The photos are really good and we'll show you back home. We're heading back to the mainland tomorrow, catch you soon, x [View Full Entry]

holalottia - Sarah Robinson | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 22nd 2009 | 3 Views | [diary=461998]


Hey! So I finally got to go out into the Valley in Brisbane. It is the downtown hot spot that is packed with young adults on weeks and pretty much most of the time. It is crazy, bars are open till 5 in the morning. They have this rule called lock out, which is there answer to over drinking and bad behavior caused be drinking. The rule is that at 3 am no more bars let anyone else in, you cant switch bars, once you leave you cant get back in. I guess it just prevents people from wondering around drunk, [View Full Entry]

Emma jalene - Emma | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 22nd 2009 | 18 Views | [diary=462027]

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Unser letzter Ausflug an der Ostküste führte uns zum Daintree National Park. Im Vergleich zum subtropischen Regenwald auf Fraser Island ist der tropische Regenwald im Norden der Ostküste noch saftiger und vielfältiger. Was uns auf Magnetic Island noch verwehrt blieb, konnten wir beim Besuch des Regenwald-Zoos in Port Douglas mehr als ausgleichen. Emus , Kängurus, Krokodile und Koalas konnten wir hautnah bewundern und letztere sogar auf dem Arm halten. Somit haben wir unsere To-see-list der australischen Tiere ein gutes Stück abgearbeitet. Aufgrund der hohen Luftfeuchtigkeit tat die Abkühl [View Full Entry]

Loveboat - Australian Connection | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 22nd 2009 | 15 Views | [diary=462075]

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Syd for Brisbane ligger der en masse forlystelsesparker, hvor vi besøgte Movie World. Her købte vi billetter til et outback-hesteshow, men desværre er der ikke så mange billeder fra dette da det ikke var tilladt. Vi sov på en campingplads i Mount Tamborine, som havde udsøgt til hele "Gold Coast", og især Surfers Paradise med alle højhusene. [View Full Entry]

JeBe Trunte - Jens Bergelin/Julie Gjettermann | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 22nd 2009 | 2 Views | [diary=462116]

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Mt. Tamborine

Auf unserer letzten Etappe bis nach Cairns haben wir an den Wallaman Falls gestoppt, einem fast 300 Meter hohen Wasserfall, der zu den größten Australiens gehört. Auf dem Weg zum Plateau haben wir die „Allrad“-Tauglichkeit des Spaceships auf den sandigen Serpentinenstraßen auf die Probe gestellt. Der fantastische Blick über die Regenwaldlandschaft und die herabstürzenden Wassermassen wurden allerdings von den lästigen „Brämsen“ etwas beeinträchtigt. Den fest eingeplanten Marsch zum Fuße des Wasserfalles haben wir aufgrund der Plagegeister und der krassen Temperaturen se [View Full Entry]

Loveboat - Australian Connection | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 22nd 2009 | 15 Views | [diary=462072]

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sitter på kjøkkenet å trøkker i meg en diger skål med fried rice og BBQ souse mmmm kjempe godt, hadde ris til frukost og ris til middag i går å, og gjett hva vi skal ha til middag i dag : friede rice. utrolig nok er jeg ikke i nærheten av å vere lei ris, får nemmelig en ny smak hver gang jeg lager det. uansett så kommer julematen til å smake extra godt når en har spist ris 4 uker i forveien!!! var oppe kl 7 å surfa litt, men var temmlig flatt, kjedelig. men etter å ha surfet hver [View Full Entry]

naess - sandra og katrine | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 21st 2009 | 23 Views | [diary=461745]

gå planken
gåtur langs vannet
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