Sunset over our boat

Brisbane to Cairns

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October 18th 2007
Brisbane - Noosa There wasn't a lot to do in Brisbane but we explored the city and went to an aboriginal workshop. There we painted our own boomerangs and there was a crazy aboriginal guy there. He was telling us how he was against the white people of Australia and he showed us how to play the digereedoo. We then picked up Lucy from the airport to join us on the rest of our trip. We left Brisbane ... 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