Green Island

G'day from the Sunshine State

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December 6th 2006
Hello all, Since I last wrote anything on this blog, a lot has happened. We had a horrid journey from Hong Kong to Cairns. We worked out that we were awake for almost 26 hours... Anyway, the result of this was both me and P felt really sick. Sick enough to be holding sick bags! We had to force ourselves onto the connecting plane at Sydney to get up to Cairns. (Thanks for the pep talk Mum! ... 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