wombats, bats and beer 65 and going strong

wombats, bats and beer

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March 13th 2009
Phillip Island was beautiful -we scored a few days of good weather and really missed Sam who would have loved the area. We toured the island and saw lots of penguins huddling under the board walk and Si and Est managed to catch some good surf - spotting seals playing in the waves one morning. The second campground we found was bang on the beach and swarming with crazy possums. We took plenty of ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Batemans Bay

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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