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Philip Island

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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31 days ago: overit2 published a blog
Penguin parade and Churchill Island
October 19th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
Monday 19.10.2009 Day 5 We want to Churchill Island and saw the heritage farm and then went to the nobbies to see the seals. It was a fantastic place and fee pity the viewing cameras were not working ... [full story]

October 18th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
Sunday 18.10.2009 Day 4 On the way over to the fist pit lane walk we ran in to Casey Stoner and got photos of him with the boys. In pit lane the unveiled Casey bike with special Aus pain job for the ... [full story]

31 days ago: overit2 published a blog
Moto GP Qualifying
October 17th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
Saturday 17.10.2009 Day 3 Did two pit lane walks and watched the qualifying. We went out to dinner in Cowes with some friends who were staying with us at the track. We saw lots of ppl and bikes in Co ... [full story]

31 days ago: overit2 published a blog
Ducati champions club PI
October 16th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
Friday 16.10.2009 Day two At the Ducati champions club picked up all our passes and T-shirt and cap. Did the 11 am Pit walk and most of the riders where out signing we got Casey Stoner and Nicky Hay ... [full story]

31 days ago: overit2 published a blog
Phillip Island trip
October 15th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
Thursday 15. 10. 2009 Day one Drive to PI by the coast road see some bikes but not as many as last year. Lots of rain ... [full story]

visite de philip island
72 days ago: fanny and mark published a blog
visite de philip island
September 18th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
Lever 9h , et ouai parait bizarre mais depuis que l'on est en Australie on est plutôt matinale ;oD tous en douceur nous décidons de nous rendre a philip island pour allé voir les pingouins ( les plus ... 20 photos [full story]

130 days ago: mojojojotang published a blog
Phillip Penguins
July 22nd 2009  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
went to phillip island for the penguins. one tip is not to join the tour on saturdays and sundays as traffic is pretty heavy. went to take some pics with wallabies, kangaroos and koalas. wallabies are ... [full story]

Penguins and visitors
June 12th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
(Caroline) We had planned to do a bit more camping the weekend after Lorne but decided to give it a miss for a while until the days are a bit longer. As a result our weekend plans were not as well f ... 18 photos [full story]


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