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Beyond the Thunderdome

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July 20th 2007
Since last we spoke i was making my hasty retreat from New Zealand to chase my tail at a more frenetic pace than i otherwise would like, at break-neck speed through Asia. I ungracefully imposed myself on my family in Auckland, being the most gracious of hosts a night or two of me was well within there tolorance threshhold. But with the good weather heading north it was time for me to do the same. ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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