Leaving the mainland

Rainbow Beach and Fraser Island

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April 12th 2007
Arrived at Rainbow Beach after a long day of travelling (went through Surfer's Paradise and am quite glad I didn't stop there - seemed to be just full of skyscrapers!) and headed straight out of Dingos to explore the town. You realise very soon that there isn't very much at all to see and do in Rainbow Beach apart from walk along the beach (lots of different sandy colours, hence the name) and hav ... 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