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Arriving in Brisbane

Another day of driving today. We headed off early from Nambucca Heads and got a send off from a kangaroo with a joey in its pouch who was having breakfast in the garden of the B&B. Apparently the word kangaroo is derived from the Guugu Yimithirr word gangurru. Joseph Banks must have learnt this word from the Aborigines they encountered as he used the term...

Heading north …

A driving day today. We picked up a car first thing from the Hertz office in Downtown Sydney and then made our way north. Around six and a half hours later (after a lunch stop at a very nice ‘sustainable cafe’ in Nabiac) we arrived in Nambucca Heads. Fairly unprepossessing, but some lovely views along the coast to the north and south. We are staying in a...