Pelican Post

Pelicans and Geckos

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April 20th 2007
Last time I came to Brisbane it took two weeks to get there mainly because me and Dave stopped off in Byron Bay to, unsuccessfully as it turned out, attempt to woo travelling woman. This time I have a travelling woman of my own and it only takes an hour due to me and Bed being carbon-naughty courtesy of Richard Branson's airways. Not his literal airways, for one thing even Mr Branson's lungs don' ... 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