Great Ocean Road

Australian Update

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March 16th 2006
We took a bus from Canberra to Melbourne. We spent a few days in Melbourne looking around. We went on a trip along the Great Ocean Road - this was very scenic. We also Saw Kangaroos and Koalas in the wild on this trip. From Melbourne we took 'The Overland' train to Adelaide. This was a 12 hour train journey - much better than the bus because you can get up and walk around. We stayed in Adelaide ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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