I thought I'd left South America

Cruising the coast

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August 25th 2005
- FOOD: Big meat pie with ketchup - VERY good; drink in nice St Kilda bar. - AREA: Great Ocean Road - Bell's Beach (the best surf), Anglesea (kangaroos eating the golf course), very pretty town of Lorne, koalas, ruined rainforest with very tall trees, colourful parrots, helicopter ride over the magnificent Twelve Apostles; Loch Ard Gorge with it's colourful rock and stalagtites. - PEOPLE: J ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Great Ocean Road

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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