The Valley markets

Leaving Brisbane

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August 19th 2008
Well tomorrow we are leaving Brisbane. In the last week we have done lots of preparing and researching for our next leg. We have also had a fun day out in the sunshine on sunday exploring the markets and having a nice lunch watching a band play in the valley before taking the train to the Southbank markets and fake city beach. When we came back we had a few drinks out on the veranda (well they d ... 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