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Volcanoes in Victoria (...and other assorted tales)

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December 19th 2010
Hello. Yet another blog from another voyage around Australia. Nina got to go on this geology field trip to Victoria (mainland Australia, capital is Melbourne) with her university, so I got to tag along with my camera in tow. Hence, this blog will be mostly photos. We traveled around the west of the state visiting these volcanoes in places such as Colac, Port Fairy, Portland, and Tower Hill, as we ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Port Fairy

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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