Railway Carriage Accommodation

East Coast South to North

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July 9th 2011
Day 7 Saturday 9th July 2011 Miles to Moura Hank (our trip leader) and Jo Verwoert joined us at 8 pm last night, having driven all the way from Melbourne in 2 days – pretty good going. Late departure today so we got to sleep in – a bit! It’s still very cold overnight but the days are lovely and sunny. Moura is a pretty little mining town where they are trying to encourage families of min ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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