On the ferry to Fraser Island

Fraser Island 3 day Safari - Day1

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March 8th 2006
Up nice and early to be picked up at 8.30am. All on the bus and started to head off, but we had to turn back for a guy who hadn't appeared for whatever reason. This was Ben. So after a false start we set off again. We went over the Noosa river of a cable ferry. (My kind of boat trip, only 5 mins. max!). Now on the North shore we carried on towards Rainbow beach. We drove along 40mile beach, this w ... 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