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AUSTRIA

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December 20th 2011
Austria for two days.......it wasnt meant to be this short.We set off from venice hoping to make it to Seeboden for the night.The journey was uneventful and not scenic till you get over the austrian border at Villach when the mountains start to loom.We missed the turn off to seeboden so we went to Gemund..a beautiful little walled town and Ruby had to suck in her tummy to fit thru the archway to e ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Bellarine Peninsula

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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