Barbecue dinner

Camping on Fraser Island

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November 26th 2007
On Thursday I caught the night bus to Hervey Bay - a 12 hour journey, most of which I slept through. The majority of Hervey Bay seems to be one huge pastel-coloured retirement village. I plan to move out of here as soon as possible. Hervey Bay serves as the main gateway to Fraser Island, being the point of a major ferry crossing, and this is why I am here. I have spent the past three days on Fras ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Fraser Island

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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