Rainbow Beach

Rainbow beach

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March 15th 2008
The most spectacular thing about Rainbow Beach was not the beach itself, but an incredible sand dune we walked to. I've never seen anything like it; it's like walking into a desert that meets the sea yet engulfs the forest. It was quite spectacular. ... 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