CIMG8472

East Coast of Australia

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November 9th 2011
Hello everyone!! Time is flying on our travels, so I didn't get round to blogging for the last few bits of NZ. As so much has happened since, I will sum up the last bit of the south island in a sentence: I jumped into a 134metre canyon with my legs tied together (hero), we saw some seals and sperm whales in Kaikoura and we soaked up the incredible atmosphere in the fanzone in Christchurch wh ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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