A Feast of Prawns

The Island

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March 2nd 2008
Hi Everyone It's been a while since the last entry, so long in fact that we're about to leave Sydney having already visited Melbourne. Lots of reasons why, but mainly having a lot of fun. Any way, we left you at the end of our journey round New Zealand. Having left Rotorua where we'd visited the thermal spas we moved on for two nights in a place called Taupo. Now most people go to Taupo for ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Katoomba

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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