Savour the Journey - Fraser Island and the Whitsunday Islands Photo 1

Savour the Journey - Fraser Island and the Whitsunday Islands

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September 12th 2009
It is not just the destination by the journey itself that matters. I've heard this phrase a few times but don't know who actually said it. In this blog, the destinations are beautiful and magnificent but the journey we took to get there is just as much a part of the story. We've been traveling in buses or cars and planes most of this trip so this is a taste of something different. Fraser Island ... 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