David fitted right in with the decor at this weirdo museum!

Brisbane and Nimbin

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April 10th 2007
We took a flight from Melbourne to Brisbane in order to tour the Queensland coast, and to meet our close friend Gers. Brisbane, known to Aussies by the nickname 'Bris-Vegas', is smalltime, when compared to Melbourne and Sydney. Plenty of bargain shops and pokies (gambling dens with poker-type slot machines, very popular in Australia). However, on an impromptu night out with Ahsan (he lives the ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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