Aussie 031

First time on the Australian Coastline

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August 14th 2008
Today we woke up very early since we had gone to bed early. We were starving and there wasn't much food in the apartment....which he shares with two Ambrose students and an Australian girl.....so we decided to walk down to a bakery about a 10 min. walk away. It was definitely a lot colder than Iowa since it was their winter season, but it was still great weather. and the sunrise was gorgeous! On o ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Maroochydore

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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