gettin ready for a scooteroo!!

Rockhampton and Town of 1770

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January 28th 2010
Rockhampton 18th January, we stoped here just for one night to break up the 10hour bus journey. We stayed at downtown hostel, it was grand, very homey like. It was a big town, but had a strange isolated feeling from it. Anyway we had a noodle take away and watched a film with a few others. It was an early night cause we were up at 5.30am for the 6.00am bus. Town of 1770 19th January, we sta ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » 1770

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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