sunrise at Rainbow Beach

The Big Blue Ocean

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October 21st 2008
I spent a long, quiet night at the motel in Toowoomba. It was nice though, having a room all to myself and being able to wash some clothes in the sink (I was very quickly running out of clean underwear). The bus for Brisbane left before 7am, so I had to check out early the next morning. I met Lea in Brisbane where we boarded a bus together to go to Rainbow Beach. Now I’m just following Lea a ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Fraser Island

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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