Sunrise

From one beach to another to another

---

December 26th 2007
Day 258 (10.12.07) Before we left for the next stage of our road trip we went for a walk down the lovely, palm fringed Mission Beach and went for an early morning swim in the stinger net. Today was mainly about getting most of the way down to our next major stop at Airlie beach so we did a whole lot of driving whilst soaking up the views of the surrounding acres of sugar cane plantations. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Bowen

---

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