Simon in the Snowy Mountains

The Snowy Mountains

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March 18th 2007
As it was Canberra Day (and a long weekend), we headed off to the Snowy Mountains - which are not at all snowy at this time of year- to do some walking and enjoy the autumn weather. It was grey the day we arrived, and pouring with rain the day we left, but on Sunday we had fabulous weather - a clear blue sky and hot sunshine. We took the chair-lift from Thredbo village to the Eagles Nest, and fr ... 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