Rush hour: Townsville

Where's the bloody koalas?

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March 9th 2007
ENGLISH What to do with only 2 weeks in Australia? How about meet with some homies from home, find some roos, some sharks and drink some stubbies!? As soon as we stepped out of the plane, we noticed that everybody around was speaking like they'd just come from Wolf Creek (well sort of). Even the immigration officer, who checked our passports, waived us through with a "sweeeeeet mate". ... 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