A visit to the worlds largest caldera... apparently. March 14th 2006 Taking a chance to spend some time with my grandparents I had agreed to head off for a weekend with them and the naturalist club they were members of. My uncle questioned whether spending the weekend with retired people was really what I wanted to do but to me it was a great chance to spend some time with them and see something of Australia. As my grandparents correctly told me before I went the o ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Queensland 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