Before trip

Waiting to get away

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August 1st 2008
AS Beza and I start the countdown to our trip around the world, we have started to prepare our "Travel blog" so we can keep our friends and loved ones here at home enthralled by our antics, experiences and the odd enivitable disasters. We hope that these entries are entertaining, informative and do not make you too envious. In the end this will provide a great record for Beza that she can keep ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Australian Capital Territory » Canberra

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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