In the Snowy mountains

Starting the East Coast

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June 20th 2006
I have been in Australia now for three weeks. At the end of the week we set off to Canberra, the national capital, to meet my friend Zach. We picked him up and started on our way to the Snowy Mountains. It was soooo cold there! We hiked Mt. Kosciusko, Australia’s tallest mountain. It took us over six hours! At one point we were literally scaling the side of the mountain. I felt like I wa ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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