The sunset over Straddie

North Stradbroke Island

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May 27th 2011
Rick and Robin decided to take me to their house on the nearby North Stradbroke Island the day before my last day in Australia. They really went out of their way to take me since my flight was at 2:00 pm the following day. Rick had looked up the times of the flights to Turkey and assumed mine was the later one, I felt bad to correct him to tell him I had to be at the airport at noon and said tha ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » North Stradbroke 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