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Swiftly down the Gold Coast

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December 26th 2007
Day 266 (18/12/07) Today was a special day for Nora - she would be carrying her first passengers! We had met Lizzie, Natalie and Anna on our Frazer Island trip and they needed a lift to their next stop in Noosa, also on our whistlestop itinerary for the day. One of the reasons we chose Nora is because she has the capacity to carry 8 passengers and we thought it would be good to have company and ... read more

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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