Cockatoo in the Botanical Gardens

September 25th 2006
The one hour flight passed over the imaginatively named Snowy Mountains and dropped us down into Melbourne where we took a bus to the impressive twisting roofed Southern Cross Station. Catching a local train to South Yarra we were immediately struck how similar it felt like the suburbs of London. Red brick buildings splattered with tag graffiti in fairly run down stations all with a cool ch ... 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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Kevin Johnson & Claire Rozario

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This is a tale of two, Of Claire and Kevin who, Met with a parallel dream, To travel the world unseen. 18 flights ahead, Each night an unknown bed, Laden with karrimor packs, This blog to record our tracks. Who can tell what’s in store? Mountains the realm of the Condor, Bus trips of 22 hours, Deserts and Tokyo towers. Crossing the world in all, Like lines on a tennis ball, America South and then on, Rapa Nui to Oz. There to Asia Southeast, Eyes and our bellies a feast, India beckons at last, Then home it all went too fast. One planet on which... full info

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