View from Mt Tibrogargan

Australia!

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April 15th 2012
I arrived in Australia nearly 3 weeks ago now. I spent 22 hours in transit plus the time to and from airports. It was an exciting journey and a tiresome one. I took the Heathrow Express from Paddington in London and got everything sorted to get on my flight. The first part of my journey consisted of a 12 hour flight to Kuala Lumpur. 3 movies, a quarter of my book and some failed attempts to sleep ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

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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