a sleepy wombat

'Crikey! Its Steve Irwin!'

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April 13th 2006
Got to Brisbane after a nice bus ride through gorgeous green countryside that looked a lot like Britain. Had a wee look around the centre, pretty standard big city stuff, and got sucked into watching a fashion show then pretty much passed out in my dorm, utterly exhausted from travel. Early start the next day, as we headed to Australia Zoo, home of the 'crocodile hunter' Steve (Crikey!) Irwin, w ... read more

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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