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Brisbane - Hamilton Island

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February 21st 2015
We didn't have long in Brisbane so after the bus tour we thought we'd do a museum - but they closed on Mondays! So we went to a very pretty park for some lunch and a nice lady gave us a little tour which we enjoyed. Brisbane seemed a very pleasant city but unremarkable, known for Castlemaine XXXX. Our train, 'The Spirit of Queensland' left in the afternoon and took 15 hours to get to Proserpine ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Northern Beaches

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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