Urangan Pier

Hervey Bay and Maryborough (29 - 30 April)

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May 9th 2009
On Wednesday we drove from Fraser Island towards Hervey Bay, but we stopped first at the Visitor Information Centre in Maryborough where we discovered that they hold a market here every Thursday morning. Maryborough was the birthplace of P. L. Travers, author of Mary Poppins, although she left when young. We refuelled here and bought lunch from Sauers Pie Shop Bakery, which we'd heard about from ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Hervey Bay

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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