Portland Blowholes

Great Ocean Road

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September 3rd 2008
Welcome to Victoria! I left Adelaide yesterday morning - interestingly enough the sun was out ... well I think I saw it for a fraction of a second anyways. I soon hit rain again as I headed out on the Princes Highway towards the east. Made me feel better about leaving Adelaide so quickly. My first stop was Portland - a town I skipped on my last journey across Australia. I had no idea what P ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Geelong

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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