The Calm Before The Storm

Old Larrys Game

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March 19th 2006
Yet another air conditioned Greyhound coach brings me into the gateway town of Airlie beach. The passengers are somewhat more sterotypically travellers than my last journey. And I mean this in the cliched east coast pre/post uni/career break (i.e. me) type of traveller. I was a little dissapointed as I realised that really everyone who comes to Australia does pretty much the same thing - and I ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach

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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