David in Brisbane

March 22 – Brisbane, Australia

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March 22nd 2014
Hello from Brisbane Australia, Today we arrived at our first opportunity to go ashore in about a week. But let’s keep this in sequence. We got to sleep in today and then went to the Regency Room for their formal breakfast. Janet had her favorite Eggs Benedict and David had fried eggs, bacon, and hash browns. It was nice to have a leisurely paced breakfast on a shore day. That’s because the ... 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