Melbourne

Great Ocean Road

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January 22nd 2009
After returning from a visit back to the US over Christmas and New Years, I decided that the Great Ocean Road drive was one of the first things that I wanted to do when back in Australia. The plan would be to drive from Melbourne all the way to Adelaide, and then stay at Glenelg beach outside the city for a couple nights. Joining the road trip team was another American from Sydney and and old Au ... 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