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In the Land Down Under!

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September 29th 2007
Great Barrief Reef Meets Rainforest Wow where to start?! So much has happened since I last wrote an entry even though it has only been just over 1 week. I arrived in Sydney on Friday Sept 21st around noon and my awesome Aussie mate Fernanda was there to come collect me. We met in 2006 on our Eastern Europe Contiki Trip. I spent 5 nights staying with her and her lovely Spanish famil ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape Tribulation

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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