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Down the Beach, Blue Mountains and Melbourne. . .

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January 8th 2009
Hello, after NYE spent a few days with Ros and Eleanor’s family going the beach and round to peoples houses for lunch. Getting well looked after anyway and all the Aussies are really friendly and welcoming. . Catching the 'rip' is good fun and you just get thrown about in the waves . . been a bit cloudy and windy on a couple of days but still good fun. Went out to the local rugby social clu ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Wollongong

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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