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Day 19

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December 18th 2015
Day 19 Today we got up and cleaned the apartment before checking out and got on the road to the glasshouse mountains! We stopped off at a few beaches to have a paddle and a little walk then got on the highway, to Opals down under! Lots of beautiful stones and a story of one being found in the rubbish pile of somewhere, which actually turns out to be an 18kt opal worth $58,000!!! We then stoppe ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Glasshouse Mountains

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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