Byron Bay

Brisbane, Byron, and back home

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October 8th 2007
Am back in the UK and missing Melbourne. And Oz generally. Would like to be on Brunswick street drinking coffee right now. The flight home was ok, from Hong Kong onwards I had two seats which was fab. Arrived in Hong Kong early in the morn and went to freshen up. Put my huge bag in the sink to sort all my stuff out and in my half asleep, blury eyed state didn’t notice that the automatic taps we ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

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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