Waiting for the ferry

Leaving Australia with a bang!

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April 18th 2007
I couldn’t believe that these were my last few days in Brisbane. My return flight to Amsterdam was on Monday morning…so flatmates and me decided that I should leave Australia with a bang. So for my last weekend in Australia we all decided to go to Stradbroke for the weekend. It was a perfect end for a wonderful stay in Australia. Stradbroke is an Island located just off of Brisbane. The isla ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

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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