me after scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef!

I made it to Australia!!

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February 21st 2009
I survived my 22hrs straight in a plane!! The plane ride from Los Angelos to Brisbane wasn't bad at all as I was expecting a 14 hour flight would be. I slept probably about 80% of the trip, which definitely helped! The flight attendents were all Aussie, so I already fell in love with the accent at 3am CDT. It was weird because they served us dinner pretty much like an hour after we took off fr ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns

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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