Broomstick

What's happened to the weather?!

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September 4th 2006
Hi All! I know it's winter here but last week was still a bit of shock to the system. Of the five full days I spent in Brisbane, it rained pretty much solidly for four of them. Not just a bit of drizzle, but clothes, shoes and bag-soaking downpours of monsoon proportions. While Australia desperately needs the rain, I don't and needless to say it put quite a damper (hee hee, pun totally intended ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay

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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