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We had to keep a constant lookout for leeches on our legs as we were walking through the wet areas, as they had a habit of hanging out in the mushy areas and sneaking onto your leg when you weren't watching. They excrete an anaesthetic into the wound so you don't feel it when they attach themselves onto you.

Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk

March 5th 2006
Considering that we want to start doing some overnight hikes, we thought it best that we do a couple of shorter hikes first so it won't be such a shock to the system when we eventually do an overnighter 😉 We managed to rope our good friends Matt and Carly into coming along as well and it gave us a good opportunity to test out our new boots :D For our hike, we headed to the Sunshine Coast to ... read more

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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

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