Fraser Island

From Brissie to the Home of Beef

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March 28th 2008
Nicky: Hello everyone, hope you are well?? Before we came on this trip I had a list of things I wanted to do in each of the countries we are visiting. Things like Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal, etc etc so far I have been really lucky to do them all and I can tick off another one now as we visited Australia Zoo on Friday. I was as upset as most people (well maybe less than Fiona but then she did ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Australia Zoo

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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