Fish & Chips

Travel Blog 22 to 28 September(Apollo Bay to Melbourne)

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September 28th 2008
We made it back!On Monday we stayed at Apollo Bay and spent the day at Cape Otway on what was the worst day of weather for the trip.It is an historic part of Australia as it was often the first sight of land immigrants got of Australia.The photo shows why it became "the shipwreck coast".Tues. was fine and we had a relatively short journey back into Melb. without any major drama.It has been the wee ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda

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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