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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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April 13th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
Yesterday (Saturday) Nichole, my friend Matt and myself went on a day trip to Phillip Island. I don't have any pictures of Phillip Island itself because we weren't allowed to take them, but I have pic ... [full story]

95 days ago: bazinski published a blog
Philip Island
April 2nd 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
Vanuit Merimbula trekken we 's ochtends vroeg verder over de Highway 1 (groter en sneller hebben ze niet, maar wel lekker laid back...) naar Philip Island om de pinguins te ontmoeten. Deze kleine bee ... [full story]

Phillip Island Weekend Trip
96 days ago: cindyatmonash published a blog
Phillip Island Weekend Trip
April 1st 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
Well it looks like I haven't been keeping up my end of the bargain in posting messages very often :( Things have definitely been busy in the last few weeks, but as we are just returning from Easter/M ... 23 photos [full story]

Stage 26
97 days ago: Its not wot it looks like published a blog
Stage 26
March 27th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
This place is really cool, I hired a car for a couple of days and took a drive down. There's a penguin sanctuary here where you can go down when it's getting dark and watch all the Little Penguins com ... 5 photos [full story]

Days 190 to 191 Phillip Island & the Penguin Parade
March 21st 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
We arrived on Phillip Island late on Thursday evening & were welcomed by signs saying there are 'on the spot' fines of $100 for camping or parking a camper overnight. This meant we had to book into a ... 11 photos [full story]

Melbourne & Philip Island
123 days ago: mrhooie published a blog
Melbourne & Philip Island
March 5th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
Day Two we find that Sunday transit riders get a break on transit fares which is fantastic. Until we find we can't buy the tickets at our train platform. at 10am on Sunday, there's not much open ev ... 6 photos [full story]

170 days ago: CordyandIssie published a blog
The road trip continues.....
January 18th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
Hello!! Road trip still going well and apart from a very dodgy start every morning as our lovely little van, Mavis, scares me to death and almost refuses to start (often in the view of our amused ... [full story]

Philip Island
174 days ago: Tag published a blog
Philip Island
January 15th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
Tues 11th Dec: A badly planned day trip after last night but luckily it wasn't leaving until midday. Off to Philip Island to see the small penguins. As the parade doesn't start until after dark we ... 7 photos [full story]

174 days ago: ClaireandGavin published a blog
Change of schedule
January 10th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
As you may know, a large part of the north eastern part of Australia has been affected by severe flooding and parts of the area have been declared a natural disaster area. We have been watching the w ... [full story]

SPLAT!!
174 days ago: ClaireandGavin published a blog
SPLAT!!
January 10th 2008  Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island
Next morning, we had a bit of a lie in and got up for breakfast at 8.30. Breakfast was fab - the guy who owns the hotel does all the cooking himself and the vegetables, some of the fruit and the herb ... 5 photos [full story]


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