Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay to Airlie Beach

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June 14th 2009
Day 58 We got up nice and early to catch the bus from Brisbane to make our way to Hervey Bay. This was our first experience of the Greyhound and it was a fairly uncomfortable five hours! I think it is deemed to be a relatively short trip and so we were lumbered with what looked like one of the older coaches. No matter how I sat I just could not get comfortable. I seemed to be the perfect si ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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