The strawberry fields...

Strawberry picking in Caboolture and crocodile hunting at the Australia Zoo

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May 31st 2007
As you already know we spent 10 days in Caboolture (1 hour out of Brisbane), strawberry picking. This was because we had little money left and had our hearts set on Scuba Diving at the Great Barrier Reef! The work was fairly tough and a little back breaking. We spent eight hours a day wheeling ourselves up and down rows of strawberry fields in a trolley. The pay was per kilo so we worked as ha ... 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