whales at hervey 013

Whales not Wales

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September 5th 2008
Back to the bus again and sad to say goodbye to our new home of Noosa, we could have stayed there for much longer. We took two buses this time the first was full of backpackers and a real holiday buzz and then we changed. The second bus was an express service to bring us in to Hevey Bay faster and cut time. We were told a lot of bad things about Hervey Bay and although it did resemble Skegness ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Hervey 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