G'day Skip

G'day Sheila!

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May 12th 2011
Landed at Brisbane, got through immigration and baggage collection easily, not much waiting about. I'd text Charlie to say I had arrived and he text back to say he was waiting in the coffee shop opposite arrivals. I did wonder if he'd changed much, I didn't think so by his facebook pictures but you never do know in real life. Turns out he was just the same as always and greeted me with ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane » Southbank

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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