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Noosa to Brisvegas...

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April 30th 2006
Helloo everyone... this week we have mostly been in Noosa and Brisbane (or Brisvegas as the locals call it. No idea why it is nothing like Vegas ever. At all.) Noosa is quite small and posh, by the sea and good surfing beaches. Cue Rozi and Steve to try their hands at some Surfing lessons! It was good fun, but really hard work - fighting you way through the waves to get to a spot where you can ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane » Fortitude Valley

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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