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Background: 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 of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy. It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990's, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980's. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef.




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Merry Beach to Shoalhaven
15 days ago: Sue50 published a blog
Merry Beach to Shoalhaven
October 22nd 2009  Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » South Coast
Today we packed up the vans and headed north. We travelled through Ulladulla and on to Nowra. We stopped at several lookouts and saw some whales along the way. We went to Albatross Air Museum and Ro ... 7 photos [full story]

Merry Beach and Pebbly Beach
15 days ago: Sue50 published a blog
Merry Beach and Pebbly Beach
October 21st 2009  Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » South Coast
This morning Steve did some work on the caravan, minor repairs. In the afternoon we left Robert and Tracy to relax at the van and we went for a drive on the Forest Road to Pebbly Beach. The road was ... 9 photos [full story]

Scenic Drive
23 days ago: Sue50 published a blog
Scenic Drive
October 19th 2009  Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » South Coast
Today Robert, Tracy, Steve and I went for a drive down the south coast. We had a lovely day. We drove South to Batemans Bay and then took the Tourist Drive, travelling thrugh places such as Mossy Po ... 8 photos [full story]

Sunday at Merry Beach
23 days ago: Sue50 published a blog
Sunday at Merry Beach
October 18th 2009  Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » South Coast
Today we went for a lovely walk up to the headland. We were lucky enough to see a few whales today. The van park is huge, it is on several acres and there are a lot of vans at the back of the caravan ... 6 photos [full story]

Bermagui - A Day to relax
5 weeks ago: Sue50 published a blog
Bermagui - A Day to relax
November 16th 2009  Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » South Coast
Today we decided to spend the day at Bermagui. It was nice to have a day when we weren't travelling. We walked into Town and hired a kayak and did a 21/2 hour paddle up the river. It was very cold a ... 6 photos [full story]

Canberra to Bermagui
5 weeks ago: Sue50 published a blog
Canberra to Bermagui
October 14th 2009  Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » South Coast
We had a lovely trip along the Monaro Highway and down to the South East Coast. We travelled through some lovely country towns and stopped for lunch at Nimitabel and purchased some lovely homemade ja ... 8 photos [full story]


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