Fruit bats

Brisbane

---

November 20th 2009
It is a pleasure to be wearing shorts again now that we are in Australia. We met up with Adrienne and Tim (and two of Adrienne's friends) in Brisbane, then went to visit a longtime friend of mine for three days while Adrienne sat her final exams. My friend lives in Yamba beside the wide Clarence River, about three hours drive south of Brisbane, in sugar cane country. We spent an enjoyable thr ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane » Toowong

---

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