The Big Bum

Day 9 - Cape Palmerston, Prosepine, Bowen, Alligator Creek

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May 3rd 2018
Adam and I are up early for a spot of fishing. Unfortunately one of Adam’s rods is snapped and he immediately goes in to a terminal (almost) decline. The beach is very flat and the low tide is 100 meters out. Adam and I walk out and cast into the small surf. Adam loses interest quickly and walks over to a “ local” who fishing and weari ng a yellow fluoro shirt. He offers some advice for find ... 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