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Cold little Kiwi turned Victorian turns to Queensland for mid-year Rejuvenation

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July 7th 2012
Lets get this blog started. This cold little Kiwi-turned-Victorian has just had her first day in Sunny Queensland. It began with a lovely walk up the street I am staying on in the Gold Coast Hinterlands. For those first few moments, you smell the subtropical flora, you hear the birds sing out to each other, you feel the gentle morning sun and the 19 degree climate. ... read more

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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