emu crossing

Out in the middle of nowhere...

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December 21st 2005
....so we left the Great Ocean Rd. and headed northwest to Grampians National Park. First stopped to see some koalas and emus in their natural habitat. Later we began to encounter problems when we could spot smoke from a huge bushfire from several miles away. Once we got closer, the road the guide always takes was completely closed. He said he was fairly sure of an alternate route but I could tell ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Grampians

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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