Great Ocean Walk

Great Ocean Road

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November 15th 2007
Hi friends and family. This entry is about our trip along the Great Ocean Road up to Port Campbell, where we stayed in a wonderful B&B, Shearwater Haven, just outside the town. Birders, put this place on your list.There's a superb garden with both imported and indigenous plants that attract a great variety of birds, including one wren (I think) that was like a flying sapphire. Our hosts gave us lo ... 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