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March 8th 2005
Tasmania was beautiful but Kangaroo Island is a unique place. I loved it! Kangaroo Island, otherwise know as KI is the third largest island off the Australia mainland. It was uninhabited when it was discovered in 1802 by an English explorer named Matthew Flinders. The Australian Sea Lion and the New Zealand Fur Seals have breeding colonies all along the South Coast. Little Penguins are also fou ... 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