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Heading towards Brisbane

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December 6th 2015
Saturday 5 December We awoke at 8.30 am after our late night and had a slow start. During the morning a massive convoy off motorcycles went by, with teddy bears and xmas decorations and of course Santa - on a motorcycle, looking it up later it appears to be The Salvation Army Toy Run. We took a walk across the road to the restaurant in the windmill and had some breakfast. Pat ordered p ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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