Fraser Island

Bugga me!

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July 11th 2005
International orientation day one was ho-hum, although all orientations are, by law, ho-hum. Too many Americans...out of the 300 people in the room, 225 were Americans. After meeting so many neat foreigners, it was a big culture shock to be face to face with so many of our own kind. We've somehow gotten ourselves into dinner with a few people from UNC and Duke, but blech. Today we watched a she ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Newtown

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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