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Brief entry / update

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January 2nd 2008
Just a quick entry...... With our time now rapidly running down to zero we headed up the SE coast of South australia, visited Mt Gambier and the infamous volcanic lakes, camped in the Coorong and headed straight up to Adelaide where we stayed with some friends. Conveniently we house sat their house for a few days and looked after their dogs whilst they went away over the Xmas period. So we di ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide

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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