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Flooding in the Sunshine State

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January 13th 2011
We woke up on Sunday aching all over from clinging on to Steve on the jetski. Steve took us on a tour of Brisbane which included driving round the sights, then getting out the car for a look at Kangaroo point, and a walk through the CBD, crossing the river on a bridge and walking up and down Southbank. The whole Southbank area and CBD have now been flooded and the power has been cut off. We were g ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane » Zillmere

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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