Heron Island

Mid Semester Break Part 1- Heron Island 4/9-4/14

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April 24th 2009
Thursday April 9th/Friday April 10th- After turning in a paper on Thursday afternoon I packed for Heron island and what would become the first part of the best trip and 10 days I could ever imagine. I packed pretty light for the trip figuring there certainly wouldn’t be very much besides the Heron Island Research Station and the resort on the island. At 1130pm Seth and I headed from King’s to ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gladstone

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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