Lake Birrabean

Hervey Bay and Fraser Island

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April 14th 2009
Tuesday 31st March Today was our chill out day before Fraser Island so we headed to the beach and had breakfast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. We strolled along the beach for the most part of the morning and spent a very lazy afternoon lying on the beach. We had our briefing today for our self-drive 4WD tour of Fraser Island in the bar of the hostel and met our group. There was Pippa and myself ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » 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