Views from a lookout

Upper Ferntree Gully

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March 24th 2006
Caught the 8:01 train out to Upper Ferntree Gully, spoke to the ranger, bought some maps and supplies and have been bushwalking happily for the last 4 hours. Just stopped for lunch; munching on my poppy-seed bagel, with chicken, schnitzel, spinich,cheese and sundried tomatoes - oooo! It's been a lovely day so far. Need to find out how to get home, whether I can walk on further and get a bus ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne

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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