Visiting a wallaby

Melbourne

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February 4th 2006
A long, sandy beach backed up by the looming Melbourne skyline is our breakfast view this morning. We are docked at Station Pier in Port Melbourne on the shore of Port Phillip Bay, a huge horseshoe shaped bay. Originally, Voyager was scheduled to stop at Phillip Island last night for a tour of the fairy penguins. The Captain decided that conditions were too rough for many of the older and physical ... 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