Bronte Beach, Sydney

The land of green and gold

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August 14th 2008
Unbelievably this is our penultimate blog as we only have one continent left to do. This is also the only blog solely written by Robyn as Ant is feeling generous! So bear with me!! The last part of our travels has been in Australia - the land of green and gold. We’ve seen quite a few places in Australia and they’ve all been different - from beach to desert to rainforest… We began in Sydne ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

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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