Kangaroos!

'Roos, Rain and a Right load of Wine

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September 5th 2010
Hi All, Started out our second Adelaide visit with a lovely meal at the Bull and BEAR Restaurant - delicious! Next morning we were up early for our Barossa Valley trip on the Groovy Grape Getaways tour. First stop on the tour was at the Big Rocking Horse - apparently one of around 50 'big icons' which they have in Australia, others including the Big Lobster and the Big Banana. Anyway we climbed ... 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