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Fraser Island

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March 23rd 2007
We were up at the crack of dawn not out of eagerness but as we had been promised free pancakes by Luke the organiser of the Fraser Island trip. On a round the world trip of this length it's hard to say anything for definite but we would have to say that the pancakes have been the single biggest disappointment of the trip. Anyway they got us out of bed. After checking out the 5 teams of eleven asse ... 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