Exploring Fraser Island in a 4x4

Queensland

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January 17th 2005
Wow! I can't believe how HUGE Australia is. I don't know if I gabbed on this fact the last time, but it's enormous and I'm having a most difficult time fitting in just one side of Queensland into 2 weeks. I guess I shouldn't expect to see too much in that much time. I would think that if I did 2 weeks along the upper east coast of the US, I wouldn't see all that much either. *sigh* Since the la ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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