One of the very cute Koala bears

Crikey Mate

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January 24th 2009
Getting up at 4am to get a taxi to the airport and then a flight to Brisbane was not the funnest journey in the world and on arrival we had to then get a train, check into our hostel and run to the station only to be told a billion times by various members of staff that there was no way of getting to the zoo (on a Saturday-you would think the busiest day of the week) until gone 11. A lot of waiti ... 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