A Canadian in Australia - thirty days. Days 7 and 8 - Maits Rest Rain Forest, Cape Otway Lighthouse, Shelly Beach, Castle Cove Lookout, Otway Fly, Triplet Falls, and Johanna Beach
March 6th 2019 Today was another two-hands-on-the-wheel-and-no-texting-as-you-drive day. I was heading inland and of course that meant the typical narrow, winding roads of the Otway Ranges. First stop was a short hike through a rain forest - Maits Rest. A wonderful short stroll, perhaps 2 km in length, through a rain forest. The lush greens, ferns and trees native to the area were in abundance. To add some ambie
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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 
Carole Magnan
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looks like a dragon, that's beautifull