Lone Pine

Week 5 - Australia - Brisbane

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October 24th 2007
Monday Got the hell out of tinbillys but left our bags in storage so we could go looking around the city. Walked to the botanical gardens to have breakfast. Then looked through the malls. We stumbled across tourist info centre so went in to find out where the Science Centre was, as our Lonely Planet guide seemed to be wrong. As it was it had moved to the main museum. This was just across ... 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