Cooling Off in Downtown Brissy

Surf n Turf in the Sunshine State

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April 14th 2011
The road up to Brissy was an emotional one - we had just said our goodbyes to our travel buddys for the last time. So long Tina and Paul - enjoy the next 7 months!! Anyway once the tears had dried, and there was no way we could blame it on the rain around these parts, it was time to hit Queensland's capital. We checked in to Brisbane City Backpackers and, after somehow squeezing into the ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane » Southbank

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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