emu on the roadside

Queensland

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December 14th 2010
Queensland The 12 year drought over much of Australia is now officially broken. After one of the wettest springs on record, major floods have inundated some of the towns and valleys through which we traveled just a few weeks back, including Wagga Wagga, and Lake George. We had only a couple of wet days in Victoria, but since we came north from Goulburn in New South Wales, it has rained almost ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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