Just one of the views whilst on theUluru base walk

Bye bye Melbourne...Hello Uluru!

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January 30th 2009
Wow...so much is happened I don't know where to begin. I only left Melbourne 3 days ago and caught a flight to Uluru (Ayer's Rock) via Sydney. I spent just over 2 weeks in Melbourne and as in my last entry that included a road trip on the Great Ocean Road. After that, I kept my feet firmly planted in and around the city. This included a trip to Port Arlington (the mussel capital of Victoria) with ... 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