What a View!

Our Holidays and some strange Aussie-type behaviour!

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June 9th 2006
Monday 5th June We began our holiday walking up to a place called Wellington Falls, straight from our house! The walk was 17km but not too steep and on good paths. The weather was very cold but sunny and at the end of the walk we were rewarded with great views of Wellington Falls. We saw very few people - nothing like walking back in the UK. On the way back, Ivor realised he had left his expensiv ... read more

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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