Kangaroo Point Cliffs, Brisbane

Those missed days... Brisbane days 3-6

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July 13th 2012
To follow my new rule of not blogging in retrospect, I will not cover these days in great detail. However I will make a wee note on Walking tours. If you have ever been skeptical of walking tours, so was I. But let me convince you of their worth... On my second day in Brisbane I decided to do the walking tour of Brisbane detailed in the 2009 Australia Lonely Planet guidebook. I ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Caloundra

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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