The Group

East Coast Escapades

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May 22nd 2008
I’m in Brisbane right now with six other people who I’ve been travelling with the last few days. We arrived here on Tuesday afternoon, driving into the city as the sun set, backlighting the skyline and surrounding mountains which was quite a sight. So much has happened over the past 10 days that I don’t really want to do a full report and bore you with that. Instead, I’ll write up a few st ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane » Southbank

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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