Jon misses his football :(

Beautiful sunny Brisbane

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September 21st 2007
We arrived in Australia after a short but sweet flight (Jon still smiles every time they offer him free drinks on the plane!), and we were very happy to land here. Fi had had reservations about Brisbane as she couldn't really remember it from the last time, which she figured meant it wasn't very good!! But we were very pleasantly surprised. As we came into the city from the airport, we could se ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

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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