Sunset at Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay and Fraser Island

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July 26th 2012
*This is our SECOND destination in Australia. Our first was Cairns, and we are still writing up that blog!* We left Cairns and boarded a 26 hour bus to Hervey Bay (pronounced "Harvey Bay" as Daves skydive instructor, John informed us). It was a long journey, but by now we were seasoned travellers so we didn't mind it too much. We arrived in Hervey Bay at around 2:30pm the following day ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Fraser 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