Red Leaf

How's the Serenity?

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June 11th 2007
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Queen Elizabeth, happy birthday to you. This is not the sort of love for the monarchy that I normally show, but seeing as she honours Australia with a public holiday for her official birthday I am prepared to sing her that little ditty. She should do the same in the UK, it would do heaps for her popularity. So to mark this occasion p ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay

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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