Beautiful Bird

Reflections on Australia: My last few days in "The Nanny State"

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October 18th 2010
Travel Days 36 - 41 I just woke up in Bangkok after approximately 3 days of travel from my friend Jon's parent's place in Tura Beach (Merimbula area about halfway between Sydney and Melbourne). Jon, his wife Kung and myself arrived at Suwannaphum airport in Bangkok at around 8pm last night and I got to my friend's house near 11pm. From Tura beach Jon's parents gave us a ride to the bus statio ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » City Centre

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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