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Hot Air Balloon

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March 27th 2006
Alarm goes off at 4.45, you know you must be doing something important! And it was for me, my dream has always been to go in a hot air balloon and today was the day it came true. Where better for that dream to come true than the Australian rain forest?! We started in the middle of nowhere, and as we lifted up at about 7 (after getting the balloon ready) the sun was rising with us. it was beautifu ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay

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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