Lara at Lake Wabby

Return to Brisbane

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August 16th 2009
The return to Brisbane meant the end of our travels in the van, but the start of our time living and working in Australia as 'normal people'. We returned to Mich and Phils and spent three weeks with them whilst we found jobs, sold the van, bought a car and found an apartment to rent. It was a really busy time organising our lives and making the transition from nomads into working people. For ab ... 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