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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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Martin snakker simpelthen ikke om andet end Krokodiller, slanger og hajer. Han vil saa gerne se nogle dyr, og han kan ikke vente til vi kommer til Port Douglas, som er indgangen til oedeland og vilde dyr;-) Han havde laest om at vi lidt udenfor Townsville kunne se krokodiller blive fodret og komme taet paa alle de vilde dyr. Hver gang jeg ser en flod, sporger jeg hele tiden Martin om der kan vaere krokodiller i den. Jeg er total bange, og han siger bare, at det kan der slet ikke. - Lad mig sige det saadan... det fandt vi ud [View Full Entry]

Karina og Martin - Karina Brinch Jørgensen | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 8th 2005 | 148 Views | [diary=26488]


By Io
November 4th 2005
Resting in Hervey Bay Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Hervey Bay
This morning we decided to stay here in Hervey Bay today as we slept so late we'd be having trouble finishing the laundry and uploading and stuff till after 12 o'clock. After much toil and hard work we managed to get some breakfast while our clothes were being washed, and after a long walk through the town me and dad finally found the internet café we had a flyer from saying they ahd LAN access... And they did, for their own comps! We couldn't log ours on, so dad tried to find somewhere else to get connected while I spent our [View Full Entry]

Io - Io Boye Pinnerup - aka Nim | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 10th 2005 | 53 Views | [diary=26729]


By Io
November 4th 2005
Hervey Bay (15,9 km) Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Hervey Bay
Hejmmedag idag, ingen køren bortset fra en meget kort tur rundt i Hervey Bay. Det har regenet meget sidts på natten og i formiddag er der kommet nogle gevaldige byger. Vi sov længe, klokken var næsten halv ni før vi kom op og ret hurtigt besluttede vi at blive her i Hervey Bay og bruge formiddagen til at få vasket og finde en internetcafé og få oploadet noget de dem derhjemme. Det med vaskeriet tog lang tid, vi havde ikke de rigtige mønter til og det var svært at finde et sted, hvor vi kunne få vekslet. Det lykkedes og vi [View Full Entry]

Io - Io Boye Pinnerup - aka Nim | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 9th 2005 | 44 Views | [diary=26689]


By Katy Taity
November 4th 2005
Gossip! Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gold Coast » Mt Tamborine
Well, i landed in Brisbane to be greeted by Emma (and rain!). A crazy, slightly tearful reunion on my behalf (its amazing what a long haul flight and the realisation of what you're doing can really have!). Anyway, once we had composed ourselves, Em gave me the guided tour back to their house in Upper Coomera. The journey mainly consisted of me saying "wow" every five minutes.... I mean how often do you see a flock of cockatoos and other amazingly colourful birds just sitting on the fence as you drive down the highway! To say the least I was very [View Full Entry]

Katy Taity - Kathryn Tait | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 20th 2006 | 52 Views | [diary=50716]

South Bank, Brisbane
Australia Zoo
Glass House Mountains

Dear Diary, (that's all of you people...) It is officially one month to D day. I am sitting in my very small college room lamenting about the price of beds in small rooms all over England, and in Paris and New York. I think i have begun this fine art of travelling down to its bare bones, but i think there is still alot of meat, and unnecessary (but tasty) fat to go. What do i mean? Well i am, as most of you know, obsessively organised: case in point - a diary entry 1 month out, (yeah i know, as [View Full Entry]

goanna - Anna | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 3rd 2005 | 45 Views | [diary=25929]


Tidligt op og en tur til stranden ved Redcliff, vejret var fint men det så ud som om det regnede på Moreton Island. Det skyede også mere og mere til, men regn fik vi ikke før skyerne igen spredte sig og efterhånden helt forsvandt. Dagen idag skulle for en stor dels vedkommende komme tl at foregå i Australian Zoo, der ligger i Beerwah. Fra Redcliff ud til Bruce Highway (det lyder ikke så eventyrligt som Pacific Highway, det lyder mere af "land" og det kan man for så vidt også sige der er jo længere vi kommer nordpå), drejede ind over [View Full Entry]

Io - Io Boye Pinnerup - aka Nim | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 9th 2005 | 62 Views | [diary=26688]


Hail, Buster Fans everywhere! 36 days to go and the atmosphere is pregnant with expectation. What will the Busters discover this time? Who will they meet? What unrestored monument will they walk on? How many types of beer will they consume? Thought you might just need a little update on the organisational progress so far. FSL: Tickets in hand, Visas in passport, Original Buster backpack fumigated, US$ about to be purchased. Tez: Tickets on order, visas yet to be cleared, nice new suitcase, Platinum AMEX ready to go. Joe: Has found his comb. Shanghai Surprise VL has allege [View Full Entry]

The Busters - Frank, Joe and Tez | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 4th 2005 | 259 Views | [diary=25986]

Fashion Question
Man Meat
Synchronicity

Off to the east I was actually feeling a bit nervous about getting back on the road again after feeling quite settled in Sydney, but I also couldn't wait to get moving again and head up the East Coast. My last weekend in Sydney the sun decided to shine non stop and there seemed to be blossom out everywhere and I started to feel a real affection for the place, but I had the joy of a 14 hour bus journey to look forward to, so packed up my things, leaving a big bag of stuff in Sydney and yet still [View Full Entry]

annaspannerbanana - Anna Stokes | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 22nd 2005 | 252 Views | [diary=27597]

night skies over Byron
more skies over Byron
Carsten lazing on the beach

A bit of a drive in the Australian Bush, just over 2000 kms through the Gibraltar Ranges and New England. Some of these pictures are pure Australiana. Starting off with a few road signs that you will not generally see in any other country. In front of the third sign is a flood level indicator, this provides for water up to two metres deep, useful if you are trying to figure out if it is safe for you to drive through; we often do get those levels of floodwater in the annual big wet. [img=http://i6.photobu [View Full Entry]

NigWar - Nigel Waring | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 7th 2007 | 54 Views | [diary=189204]


After finishing in the Whitsundays and returning to Airlie Beach for a couple of days, we set off on another midnight bus southbound. Desination: Hervey Bay and Fraser Island. Upon arrival @ our Beaches hostel we are introduced to the group we will join for a 4-wheel expedition of Fraser Island - the world's largest sand island. Holden elects to be the group leader - only after no one else speaks up. Thus the 3 day/2 night journey begins. The group consists of eleven members: 2 french women named Sophie and Cecille; a Frenchman, Thomas; a German named Andreas; Nathalie, from [View Full Entry]

ODN - Holden & Julia | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 3rd 2005 | 334 Views | [diary=25865]

Backing onto the Ferry
Rainforest Boardwalk
Driving in the Rainforest