Koala asleep in the trees

On to Melbourne

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December 29th 2008
Entry by Rich Tuesday 23/12/08 Our last day on the Great Ocean Road took us from Apollo Bay all the way into Melbourne. The road from Apollo Bay winds along the coast and with the sea on our right hand side for many kilometres it felt like one of those roads you pnly get on car adverts. We are so used to sitting in our cars in nose to tail traffic that it has been a real pleasure to d ... read more

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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