Team B

Fraser Island

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August 28th 2006
Fraser Island Having being told that it is sunny on Fraser Island 360 days of the year, you might think it was not unreasonable to expect some sunshine...but no, we must've seen the only 3 days of rain for the whole year... and it rained enough in those 3 days to keep the population from drought for the next 3 years. And so our group of 10 - myself, Thomas, Louise & Oonagh from Fermanagh, Stu & ... 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