Lauren and a crocodile

Looking back over Oz Experience...

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March 21st 2008
We are back in Brisbane now... We arrived today at about 3pm from Sydney, after experiencing Qantas' idea of making check-in quicker, which is called 'Quickcheck' although it does not live up to the name, as it makes everthing about 3 times as long as just checking in normally. We were also delayed for about 45 minutes, so left at about 2:20 rather than 1:35 (Sydney time). The flight was quite ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane » Central Business District

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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