lake mackenzie - fraser island

australia times...

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May 15th 2007
Hello, time for the next installment of my travels, playing catchup with the blog right now but hey! Arrived in Melbourne and went to stay with some relatives that have a farm about an hour or so outside the city. Had a great time there helping out on the farm, catching up with family I had never met and getting a flavour of australia from the local point of view. Then went back to melbourne ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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