Me at whitehaven beach on whitsundays

1770, kroombit, airlie beach and whitsundays

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October 23rd 2007
Hiya, long time no news - its been so hard to get on the net at certain places. So from hervey bay we headed out to a place called 1770 - short way away from fingerboard. We had so much fun here. We rode choppers - american style motorbikes. Tad bit scary cos u basically got told how to start it, accelerate and stop and turn, then it was like "off you go now, onto the roads". We were drivin ... 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