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Koala cuddling in Brisbane

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March 26th 2007
Bry speaking: Cairns was getting to be a bit of a drag with serious rain every 10 mins or so. So, Brisbane was a welcome change. We flew in and got the train into town. Then on arriving we succeeded in walking right around the block to our hostel, which if we'd just turned left would have been all of two minutes away. The room was the oddest yet - in the middle of the building with corridors on a ... read more

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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... ... read more