Brisbane City

Brisbane

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May 18th 2007
We are taking some time to assess the Murphy Family's new home town- fortunately this coincided with our van needing a new engine- what luck! Don't let the blue skies fool you, it's rapidly approaching winter, and this week Mark (our host) assures me, there's a cold snap coming, it's going to get bitter- it could even get down to 24oC!! We have been staying in Calamvale with the Porter fami ... 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