Victory!!!

Advance Australia Fair - Melbourne to Airlie Beach

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October 12th 2005
Despite all my best intentions, I find myself again with 3 weeks of action to sum up without turning out a thesis. Let's pick up where we left off... I was a little sad to be leaving Asia but I was also quivering with excitement about finally setting foot in the Southern Hemisphere. It has been the stuff of dreams for some time and I've not been let down. Again I find myself wishing I'd allowed ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Airlie Beach

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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... ... read more