With their long pointed snouts

September 30th 2011
Thursday 29th September - our hopes for some calm weather were dashed - there was lightening, thunder and very heavy rain for very long periods throughout the night. Anyone under canvass would have had a tough time but we were quite cosy in the caravan apart from the noise of the rain beating down on the caravan roof. We were both a bit restless but, as we had nothing planned for the day-time, w ... 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

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Jan and Graham

Pootling Possums

Hi and welcome to our blog. We have set out on our second great adventure in Australia, following in the footsteps of those magnificent bloggers The Wallaby Wanderers. Originally we were due to go in March and spend a few weeks with the Wanderers (daughter Sarah and son-in-law Darryl) but those plans were blown apart by the small matter of a triple heart bypass operation that Graham needed. However, all's well that ends well, Graham is fit and healthy again so we arrived in Aus on the 14th August and picked up 'PIE' the trusty Nissan Terrano that Sarah and Darryl bought last year and 'SWEE... full info

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