Queensland Art Gallery

Brisbane, the home of my first Super 14 rugby match

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May 3rd 2008
Left the Whitsundays with a little bit of sadness as had really enjoyed my time there. As the ferry arrived to dock at Hamilton Island airport the heavens opened and I saw my first rain in ages - amazing how the sunshine of the past week or so has ‘dulled’ my memory of the awful rain that I saw in Byron Bay. A sneaky peak on the blackberry at the weather in Brisbane showed sunshine for the d ... 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