The uphill climb to Beechworth

Day 11: Catching Up with an Old Friend

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December 8th 2020
With a shorter distance to travel today (70kms) there wasn't the urgency of yesterday to get away so early - I didn't rouse until 7am. It was a pretty liesurely preparation which saw us leaving the Paradise Caravan Park just after 8:30am. Our destination for the day was Yackandanda via Beechworth. We started out of town on the "Murray to the Mountains" Rail Trail which will take us all the way to ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Yackandandah

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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