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Botanic Gardens and Hinkler Hall of Aviation, Bundaberg

August 11th 2011
Thursday 11th August Today we decided to visit the Botanic Gardens which included the Hinkler Aviation Museum and Fairymead House. The Hinkler Museum was just amazing - Bert Hinkler was born in Bundaberg and was interested in flying from a very early age. He built (in his parents shed) and flew his first glider (on a Bundaberg beach) just a couple of years after the Wright Brothers did their fi ... read more

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Sue Barker

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We are Sue & John Barker and just starting our travels around Australia - starting from Gidgegannup (which we have sold) and will return to the property we bought in Mahogany Creek. When we left we headed north to see our son and his family in Geraldton then headed to Exmouth where we spent a wonderful couple of months with our grandchildren, their parents and some of the most beautiful scenery we have ever seen, the most pristine, the most beautiful beaches and the spectalular Humpback Whales frollicking with their young around the Exmouth Gulf. When the weather started getting too hot and ... full info

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