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Bushwalk in Lamington National Park

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March 1st 2015
What sounds like a national park in honour of New Zealand's famous lamington desert (a sponge cake covered with chocolate and coconut sprinkles, in Australia often served with lemon) is in fact named after a governor of Queensland. So without knowing what I was booking when I agreed to join one of Lucy Boot's trips (http://www.lucybootsbushtours.com.au[ ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Lamington National Park

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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