Happy Campers 90 Mile Beach

Happy Campers

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April 22nd 2005
G'day everybody. Happy Friday! Finally off the tourist trail. For the past week all we've seen are tiny little goldmining hamlets, fishing villages and fields full of huge woolly cows. We've been to pubs that were built for the miners, where they still have a corner devoted to gambling on anything ranging from chariot races to crab races. Haven't met another pommy for some time and all t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Philip Island

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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