Skippy

Travel Blog 26 May to 1 June(Brisbane to Tin Can Bay)

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June 1st 2008
Well it had to happen-we were getting too cocky about the great weather!We did some good riverside walks in Brisbane and met up with our friend Rob Farrell on Tues.for lunch.Indeed it was a week of Samoan reminiscences as on Fri and yesterday we caught up with Paul and Denise Stichbury at Coolum Beach.(see photos).Thursday we went to Australia Zoo(Steve Irwin's creation) and had an enjoyable 5 hou ... 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