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A Dingo Ate My Baby

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January 31st 2008
After being well fed and rested in Brisbane I caught the nightbus to Hervey Bay. The hostel is nice but very overpriced. I arrived at midnight, and I headed out on a tour at 6 in the morning, so I really didn't get my moneys worth. The tour of Fraser was the best experience yet in Australia. I was in a Euro trip-type bus (myself, four people from Ireland, one girl from C.R., one from Germany, an ... 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