The ‘official un-official’ start. Lynmouth-Lynton.

English.

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August 12th 2022
Ahhh English. ‘Common’ topographical terms used on the maps and in the guide books I’m using at the moment include the following: a barton, a beare or beer (and no it’s not a drink!), a bury, a cleave, a combe or to further complicate things a coombe, a cott, a dean, a down or dun, a ham, a lan, a leigh, a lyn, a mew, nose and a mouth, a pil or pill, a stoke, a ton, a tout (but only used i ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Yarra Valley

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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