Looking off from the pass

Rain Rain go away!

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January 28th 2011
It looks like we left and got out of Goondiwindi at the right time, since unfortunately a week after we left and more rain and rivers and creeks swelling it was added to the list of more and more Queensland towns that were flooding. Luckily Brett's cousin Mick and his wife Nicky and daughter Maddy's house (where we were for 4 days over New Years) made out ok, but the water came up to a foot below ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay

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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