Fraser Island.,

G'day

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June 4th 2006
Well hello there. We have made it through our first few weeks in the land of kangaroos, didgeridoos and several thousand things intent on poisoning you, eating you or generally causing you a great deal of harm. The fact is that we haven't really come across any of them yet, apart from that strange bloke we met in Brisbane... Brisbane is a real nice city - worth a stop if its not too far out ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide

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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