Encounter Bay

Victor Harbor

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January 27th 2015
My four days with family was like a mini holiday. My aunt and uncle showed me round the town and to quite a few of the beaches on my first day. It was so nice to be in the sun and by the sea it took a while for it to sink in that I'm actually in Australia. On Sunday Julie and Alex, my cousins, came up and we went to a market in the town then spent the afternoon playing tennis. I was pretty rubbish ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide

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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