windy road ahead

Follow the yellow brick road

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February 15th 2008
The lonely planet has been our guide in planning this trip. Our route is Melbourne-Cairns over 6 weeks. Our van has a manual transmission, so Josh has done all of the driving (this way there are no blonde moments). I can handle a manual transmission on side streets, but driving up and down the windy road with massive “truck trains” flying by at 120 km/hr makes me a little uneasy. It tu ... 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