Mother Beddock, aka 'humungousrok' in aboriginal

Happy New Ayr!

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January 10th 2010
The first day of 2010 dawned beautiful and sultry as every other day so far. Unfortunately the New Years day races idea failed to materialise (we would have to wait patiently 3 weeks more until Australia day on January 26th 2010 to wear our fascinators and zinced noses!). So with some leftover fatigue and food from the night before, I enthusiastically mustered up a modest crew of 2 and we headed ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Bowen

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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