Making the most of the rain!

Keep Digging!

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June 8th 2008
(Matt) My first experience of Australia was when, with great excitement, Steve, my then four year old brother, rushed over to me with a rock he'd found while digging in the garden 'Matt, Matt, I've found Australia!'. Someone had told him 'if you keep digging you'll reach Australia'and he took it literally, fair dinkum! So how does a big rock in our garden compare to the real thi ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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