On the ferry to Tea Gardens

January 24th 2009
Last Days in Newcastle After returning from surf camp we had 9 days left in Newcastle. We rested on Monday because we ached so much from all the paddling, but from Tuesday onwards Uncle Mike offered to be our personal tour guide and take us out and about wherever we wanted to go. I had expressed an interest in playing lawn bowls which is very popular over here with all ages so on Tue ... 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

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Michael Clapham

Lisa and Mike

Lisa and I are both on a belated 'year out' which will take in Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, Australia, NZ, Chile, Bolivia and Peru. We are currently in Melbourne making the most of our last week in Australia :-( I'm afraid there has been a problem with this site from 7th-16th April and thus the majority of our photos for Milford Sound, Queenstown and The Glaciers plus the Nelson Region have been lost. Our rafting and skydiving photos were put on the week before so they are still there. Unfortunately we have no longer got the other photos on our camera - we burnt them on DVD and sent th... full info

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