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Healesville Sanctuary and St Kilda

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August 19th 2007
Greetings from Down Under! Three weekends ago, we headed out to the Healesville Sanctuary, which has an abundance of animals native to Australia. It was about an hour bus ride out of Melbourne through the Yarra Valley, which is known for its vineyards. It gave us a chance to check out the variations in animals and even up close. Up close enough to pet a wallaby. It was the most friendly and ... 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