Matt couldn't resist a paddle

Australia

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November 16th 2008
I woke up feeling like I was melting. The sun was beaming down right through the curtains even though it was only 7am. Pleased that we had an air conned cabin I got up and turned it to full. When I went outside I saw the sun was already high up in the sky and the heat felt more like midday than early morning. I guess that’s the trade off for it getting dark early. We’d been planning on hav ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Noosa

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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