Wildflowers

475,000 acres of sand

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July 7th 2007
With this blog we are all caught up. The YHA hostel in Hervey Beach is really great...better than a lot of hotels we've stayed at. Tennis courts, swimming pool, really nice community space, good hot showers, great staff and most important at this point is fast Internet with USB ports. We are staying here the two nights either side of the two days and night on Fraser Island. Got up to have brea ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Fraser Island

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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