ferry across Phillips Bay

heading toward the Great Ocean Road

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June 18th 2007
Left Melbourne early Sunday to miss the traffic, but caught the rain instead. Cold drizzle actually, though it didn’t stop scores of cyclists out on the road with us. Went around the east side of Port Phillip Bay and took the ferry across to Queenscliff, then rode the last 30 kms into Geelong in pouring sleet. Seems we’ve brought southern Australia their first serious rain in years. Rather th ... read more

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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