Elliott Heads - where has the sand gone?

1770 and all that

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July 23rd 2010
We enjoyed our time in Bundaberg - it's a big, spread out city with very nice substantial Victorian buildings in it's main street. We drove out to the beach to Elliott Heads, where the river runs into the sea. This time there were a lot of rocks visible, no doubt as a result of the heavy rain they had this year and fast running rivers washing away a lot of the lovely white sand. Still, we've seen ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Tannum Sands

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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