Cara and Coala

Cuddly Koalas and Southwards to Sydney

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January 17th 2007
We left Rainbow Beach and headed back towards Brisbane - the drive was exceptionally tedious and really the less said about it, the better. Eventually reached Koala sanctuary (promise made to Cara) thanks to some skillfull navigation by Wendy. Lots of koalas and other exotic fauna, including a very large spider which was crawling all over the car. Still very warm (hot even). maybe that's the r ... read more

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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