Frasier Island beach

Long Road North: Brisbane to Cairns

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January 15th 2008
We started the next leg of our journey on a hot sunny day when we left Brisbane on the way to Noosa, about 1 hour and half drive north. On the way we did the Steve Irwin pilgrimage to Australia Zoo, which is located down the renamed Steve Irwin way!! We are not a big fan of zoo's but its just one of those places that you have to visit especially as we were driving past, and it gave us the excuse ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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