Bye bye Fraser

Fraser Island

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December 19th 2013
Fraser Island After a good night’s sleep in the streets of Airlie Beach, we went shopping and hit for the road. We had quite some road to cover, so apart from stopping for a lookout point, we were more or less driving the whole day. We passed Mackay and Rockhampton fairly quickly, and stopped for the night at a very nice riverside rest area. Cooked in the dark and ate in the car before turning ... 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