Purple Bush

Catch-up

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October 11th 2013
This is really a catchup on what we have been seeing. We had been seeing grey dull sort of colors interspersed with views of the ocean and beautiful bays. all of a sudden, south of Sydney, there appeared these rolling hills of green. Just beautiful! This was definitely horse country. We have discovered that Australians are great gamblers and the horses are one of their loves. It would be wonderful ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Ballarat

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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