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Fraser Island: day 3 : on fraser

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April 23rd 2016
Today is the day,we will finally get to go to Fraser Island. We started the day at the caravan park at rainbow beach. We had no hurry to leave as the low tide was at 2 pm and as such we could not go to the island until ts hours before low tide. This meant it was ideal to get on the barge no earlier than 12 noon. Well, do you think we could wait. We were on the boat at 11.30am. We just could not wa ... read more

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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