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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]
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] Blog: The Worlds Largest Sand Island
Date: December 18th 2006
Next stop Hervey Bay. We arrived after a 13 hour night bus ride. Once again, did we mention how stupid this bus pass thing was??? Hervey Bay is where Australians come to die…the elephant graveyard. We have never seen more motorized scooters anywhere else and we lived near Sun City, the place the snowbirds go to die! We stayed at the Friendly Hostel which was only friendly in name. The proprietr ... read more
Date: December 18th 2006
Next stop Hervey Bay. We arrived after a 13 hour night bus ride. Once again, did we mention how stupid this bus pass thing was??? Hervey Bay is where Australians come to die…the elephant graveyard. We have never seen more motorized scooters anywhere else and we lived near Sun City, the place the snowbirds go to die! We stayed at the Friendly Hostel which was only friendly in name. The proprietr ... read more
