Platypus outside the Jenolan Caves

G'day Mate

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April 19th 2007
Wow, I can’t believe it has been a month and a half here in Australia already. I’ve covered a lot of ground and it is time to get you all up to date on things here in the land down under. Things started off in Melbourne in Victoria. I flew in on the 1st of March and got set up in this monstrosity of a hostel. It is supposed to be the biggest hostel in Australia and was not the best place, but ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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