Fraser Island

Hervey Bay

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January 18th 2010
Tonight was an all you can eat pizza night - this was a great way of getting to know the people we are due to spend the next 3 days with. From the window in our dorm we saw hundreds of birds flying overhead, when we went out for tea and relaxed in the hammock we found these were in fact bats! Amazing! 19/01/10 Today is the start of our Cool Dingo Tour of Fraser Island; we were picked up out ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Hervey Bay » 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