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Rainbow Beach

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January 17th 2010
Kerry was hoping to take the tour to see the coloured sands unfortunately we arrived too late and missed it! 18/01/2010 We are due to catch the bus to Hervey Bay today so we spent the morning relaxing on the beach - with so much time we hired a surf board for 2 hours. This seemed a good idea at the time until . . . Rob returned looking rather pale! My initial reaction was OMG have you hurt y ... read more

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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