Dolphin Marine Magic

Australia - Part 6 (Sydney to Brisbane)

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January 12th 2010
Our final road trip in Australia, Brisbane to Fraser Island, is over and 2010 is already speeding by as quickly as 2009! After driving through the rain for six hours on the way up to Hervey Bay the prospect of camping for two nights on the 75mile long sand island was not very appealing; especially when the weather forecast for the next three days predicted lightning storms. Being British we th ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Fraser Island

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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