MMmmmm Bananas

Week 4 - Australia - Coffs to Brisbane

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October 18th 2007
Monday No real rush to get to The Big banana, sweet i get a lay-in. 5 minute drive up the road and we see a big yellow banana, dead give away really good advertising that. We got there just in time for the next tour to start. The history of the banana, doesn't sound all that exciting, but really it was fascinating to see how even in the past few hundred year, just how it has evolved. Lit ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Coffs Harbour

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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