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The Great Escape

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December 8th 2014
For the past few weeks I have been basking in a delicious haze of virtual inactivity - by this I do not mean that I have shunned all electronic devices and remained at a distance from the net. Reading, writing, strolling around the neighbourhood......not weighed down by heavy boots and other arctic survival gear.....really haven't needed or wanted anything more. By Sunday afternoo ... 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