riding the mechanical bull

motorbikes, horses and boats...

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March 25th 2009
in my last blog i was in the town of 1770 soaking up the sun and chilling out. on my second day i spent the morning on the beach and then did the scooteroo tour that runs in the town. this is ace, you basicly get given a motorbike and spend the afternoon riding around the town with other bikers looking out for kangaroos and watching sunset from the view of a little pub. i was a bit nervous getting ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Magnetic 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