Whitsundays snorkelling

Big wally and the yellow macs

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April 22nd 2006
After Darwin we flew to Cairns and, in tribute to those of you who went to Newnham College or boarding school, we stayed at the Cairn's Girls Hostel. All very clean and homely, with Dawn Shit-bugger (possibly not her real name, but definitely should have been considering the frequency with which she used those words) slightly aggressively looking after 'her' girls... We spent a couple of days ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

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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