Adelaide Botanical Gardens

The final stretch of Oz - Adelaide and Perth!

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May 19th 2007
After another long coach journey from Alice Springs to Adelaide (only 20 hours this time!) we made our way down to Adelaide! Unfortunately we hadn't heard too great things about it but we like to make up our own minds! We did notice at first how cold it was! In Cairns it was averaging at about 30 Degrees for most of the week so getting down to below 20 Degrees felt freezing and I had hardly any w ... 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