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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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By Sanje
November 19th 2009
Tassie is mooooooooooody! Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Bicheno
It's raining, it's not raining, it's sunny, now it's raining again. It makes leaving the house nearly impossible! I went up to Cradle Mountain to do some hiking on Monday. It would go from completely pouring, to so hot I had to take my jacket off, to pouring again all within 20 minutes. I got soaked to the bone on the 2 hour hike around Dove Lake, but it was so beautiful to be up there with the mist coming off the mountains and the raindrops creating ringlets on the lake. I made a deal with Mother Nature that if I [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 19th 2009 | 36 Views | [diary=454081]


By Yiddogray
November 19th 2009
Holiday time Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth
So, notice served and weeks remain of work. It's been a bit of a strange year. Spent the first part of it working my nuts off for a complete muppet, being the "face" of a bar that was more concerned about the women behind the bar than the ability to provide any kind of service (although putting crisps on the bottom shelf and asking the barstaff to get a packet without bending their legs is probably considered service there), the suggestion that they should wear short skirts, drink behind the bar, owner drinking with punters, openly criticising team to customers and [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 19th 2009 | 17 Views | [diary=454292]


YAWNNNNNN can't wait to get the hell out of this place.. the wake up awaits me! I decided I definitely wanted to move back tomorrow so I checked out that day so I can just post my keys through the letterbox in the morning, however I have that interview for the waitress job at like 9.30am tomorrow so I'm gonna have to get up stupidly early. Luckily it's in Pyrmont where Zoe works so we can both walk together. Headed straight to the city today and spent most the day in the internet cafe, same old! Job hunting bla bla fricking [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 21st 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=454719]


A motorhome holiday is one of the recommended travel to Darwin, the place for beaches, sunshine and tropical climate. The weather is balmy from May to October, and sultry from November to April. If you wanted to travel during the dry season, it must be from May until October. Darwin with your motorhome hire can give you the pleasure to discover aboriginals or its indigenous culture, national parks, stunning sunsets, vast land, incredible sights and incredible fishing. Weather you are planning on a free camping or a [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 18th 2009 | 11 Views | [diary=454043]


Day 206 - Kalbarri Our birthday shout out this morning is in two bites! Firstly to Aunty Barb in Tewkesbury, Happy Birthday my lovely, we hope you have a beautiful day and enjoy the Tarran Gray concert at the club. Secondly to Oz (Brown), are all your birthday presents associated with the new drag car? You lucky lady you!! Hope you have a lovely day Oz! The time has come for us to have the car serviced again. We’ve completed 28 073 kms on our journey so far and we try to service the car every 10’000 kms or so figuring [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 20th 2009 | 56 Views | [diary=454052]

Open wide
Greetings, I am here to represent my people!
Stretching for a fish to beat the seagulls

Flinders Street Station
Flinders Street Station
One of the central meeting places in the city.
Down Under This is going to be a long entry, might be a bit boring, but for the people I haven't told that much I wanted to summarise what I have done since getting to Melbourne in July. I can't believe I have been away from the UK for four months now, time has flown by and it only seems like yesterday that I had a BBQ and said goodbye to everyone in Hinckley! My first term at La Trobe University has been amazing and Melbourne is the best city ever! La Trobe University & Melbourne The campus is a 40 [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 18th 2009 | 45 Views | [diary=454055]

Bourke Street 'Commuters'
Sunset at St Kilda
Army Floor Crawl!

Our last leg of our month long vacation to Oceania ended in Sydney, Australia!!! When we arrived to Sydney, one of my best college friends Aimee was there to pick us up!! It was great seeing Aimee after almost 5+ years! Aimee and her husband John were recently relocated to Sydney from Kansas City. Although they only have been there for 4 months, both of them have aclimated themselves to Sydney life. John and Aimee have a 3 bedroom apartment with amazing harbor views in the Balmain area of Sydney. The night we arrived Aimee made a delicious welcome home dinner [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 22nd 2009 | 41 Views | [diary=454101]

Sydney Harbor Bridge
Opera House
Eating out on the balcony

Day 205 - Kalbarri Ever had a ‘nightmare’ that you have recollection of? Well that’s what happened to me this morning! When I opened my eyes and said good morning to Darryl he responded with “Are you alright after your midnight crocodile attack?” Apparently I’d sat upright, lifted the quilt and was looking at my feet yelling “No, No”!! This was all news to me and I’ve got no idea what prompted it, as far as I was concerned I’d had a good nights sleep. Maybe Darryl was dreaming! We treated ourselves to a quick breakfast this [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 18th 2009 | 46 Views | [diary=454051]

Natural Bridge
The first small pod of dolphins
The coastal cliff tops are lined with shrubs

DAY 375 Andy brought me a cup of tea this morning, it is 7.00, I wanted to be up in good time as I am going to Wagga Wagga today with Helen to do a bit of shopping, Helen has a 9.00 appointment in town so we need to be leaving Woodstock by 8.15 in order to get there in time. I am up and about, chat to Andy about yesterdays fire, he is enjoying a short time of peace and quiet, i.e. everyone is out and about doing sheep things so Andy is surplus to requirements at the moment, by [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 18th 2009 | 76 Views | [diary=454061]

One of the Paddocks

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me with my retard trolley ice skating in adelaide!
So the past few weeks haven't been as exciting as the first couple because i have been working lots! But i've been to lots of different places! I worked in Adelaide for three weeks in total, moving house each week and feeling like a nomad! One good thing that came from getting lost on the bus was that we got a tour of the City, (didn't want one, but we got one like!) We went though the beach suburb of Glenelg, when was really nice. So on our Sunday off, me, kevin and Aafje went for a drink in one of [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 17th 2009 | 43 Views | [diary=453800]

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