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Lisa's Birthday

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March 14th 2006
TODAY IS LISA'S BIRTHDAY. Up earlyish to get the bus to go to the Zoo! not just any Zoo... Steve Irwins Austalia Zoo. He has a house here, but we were told as he does a lot of travelling that we probably wouldn't see him. The coach driver said that if we do see him he'll probably be on his red motorbike. About half an hour in the zoo, a red motorbike drove right past our faces. Our jaws dropped ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

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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