Sunrise at Camp Pandanus

North Stradbroke Island

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December 2nd 2008
There is a camp spot on the eastern coast of Straddie we nicknamed ‘Camp Pandanus’ as it has two massive Pandanus trees shielding the spot from both Northerlies and the prevailing South easterly wind that blows there like the Sou’wester does on the West coast. We have camped on Straddy haf a dozen times and Camp Pandanus was always taken, given the shelter it has and it is one of the few sp ... 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