So white

So many islands!

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February 18th 2018
When we left Cairns and got on the Greyhound, I was not at all looking forward to the 6-hour bus trip. Lucky for us, we sat at the front and the busdriver proved to be quite chatty. He told us many stories and we were in Townsville before we knew it! But not before we saw a Cassowary on the side of the road (looks like an emu and it's quite rare), another animal we could tick of our bucketlist. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Fraser Island

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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