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Big Trouble Little Australia (Part 2)

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July 14th 2007
Before leaving Melbourne I met up with a few Neighbours. We hired a camper van which, unlike all the cool ones with paintings of the Beatles or the Rolling Stones on the side, had bright pictures of jelly beans. Now that we looked like idiots we headed off, first stop Byron Bay, the beachside hippie town (that's if by "hippie" you mean "person with dreadlocks"). Next we came to Surfers Para ... 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