sunken paddle steamer

Brisbane to Grafton Via Byron Bay

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December 27th 2006
Brisbane to Grafton via Byron Bay. Left Brisbane in the pouring rain .I have seen more rain in the last month than in the previous 9mths in Tenerife .I am considering calling myself Phileas the “Rainmaker” As it seems the rain is with me where ever I stop .The locals are now saying stay stay, stay for free .The rain is not the rain the country needs just inconvenient for me .the country is su ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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