Queen Victoria

Adelaide Day1

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July 4th 2010
Kevin and Sue kindly took us to the Grand Chancellor Hotel near the airport on Saturday evening and we had a meal with them - the restaurant is not top of our list. We got up after a few hours sleep and got the shuttle to the airport and caught the early Air NZ flight to Adelaide. This was a long time in a cramped seat on an Airbus 320 but we made it. We checked in to our accommodation at Frank ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide

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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