On Ferry

Trip to Heron Island

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October 17th 2012
Tuesday October 2nd Tuesday night at 11:30 PM the bus rolled out of the UQ parking lot making the beginning of a long overnight journey to Heron Island. I popped a sleeping pill and tried my best to sleep on the most uncomfortable bus ever without a proper pillow. Let me just say, it was not a very successful sleep. We got to the harbor at about 8:00 in the morning and waited in ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Heron 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