Fraser1

Mother of all entries, part 2

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April 30th 2008
Alright where did we leave off? I think we were all scrambling to the bus station so that we could catch our bus to Hervey Bay on time. Well, we caught the bus, so it was no big deal. We stopped a couple of hours into the drive in Brisbane to change buses, where I had McDonald's for only the second time in Australia. I still don't like it much. We had to weigh our bags at this terminal for some ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Hervey Bay » 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