Winter tans

Facing Fraser

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January 3rd 2011
The original plan in coming to Hervey Bay was to spend a day going on a 4WD safari on the world's largest sand island, Fraser Island. Given our changing travel plans and the floods further north, we decided instead to rush up the coast past the flooded Bundaberg and to aim for a snorkel on the barrier reef, staying overnight in 1770. Whilst waiting' we did get to spend some time on the beach, alt ... 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