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18 June 2020

The Aussie alphabet: Q is for Queensland

The beautiful state of Queensland, my home for the 6+ years of living in Australia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland

As diverse a place as you could imagine, in every possible way. Huge - according to Wikipedia, bigger than all but 15 countries. 

Home to the Great Barrier Reef which used to look like this

but sadly now looks more like this



Brisbane is the capital and largest city: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane   Brisbane was the home of the Turrbal and Jagera people but got its name from the first governor of the penal colony that  as  If you don't want to read the whole Wikipedia entry, here is a link to the Brisbane CBD as seen from a nearby suburb.


It was an amazing place to live and I miss so much about it.




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