Climbing the Glacier in Franz Josef

Life is Good!

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April 26th 2006
I know it has been far too long since our last update, but when each day presents exciting adventures, glorious scenery, intriguing people, and the mysterious unknown, it becomes quite challenging to sit down at a computer to write...but here goes nothing... You know you are a backpacker when… -Sleeping on the family room floor of a house seems like a 5-star hotel! -You get excited about ha ... 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