On a sandy beach in the bay

Noosa River

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July 8th 2011
Happy Birthday, Geddy! Our first born turns 14 today, although both he and Ivy have agreed that he should be truly acknowledging tomorrow as his birthday as it is still July 7 in the States. After talking him out of going to the Australia Zoo, which is about an hour back toward Brisbane, he decided that we should rent a boat and tour around the river. We wouldn't be able to go around the po ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Noosa

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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