Brisbane City

Crikey

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January 15th 2008
Since arriving in Australia the weather for us has been very hot however further along the coast it has been raining so much some areas have been flooded and impassable. In many areas it hasn't rained much for nearly six years so at least some of their water dams are finally filling up at last. It was in Hervey Bay that we encountered some of the rain. As we walked along the longest pier in t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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