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May 23rd 2008
We have decided that since this is our last blog of Australia we should start it slightly different to the previous three (which all began so similar). Sydney was nice......Melbourne is nice..........Route in between was nice. ..............Ok we will elaborate a little more. Sydney was better than we had expected. We had both been before and like the place but were unsure about returning to ... read more

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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