The Great Ocean Road

Melbourne and The Great Ocean Road

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February 1st 2009
We are leaving for Hong Kong in about 10 hours so I have a little time to get caught up with my blog. After leaving Adelaide we travelled for two days towards Melborne and the Australian Open. It was about 650km between the two cities using the scenic route, so we broke the drive over two days. On the first day we aimed for Mt. Gambier. I met a Dutch guy while in Adelaide and he told me that ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne

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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