The War Memorial

Australia Trip

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February 5th 2010
OUr Australian adventure has begun! January 5, 2010, started our new winter adventure-. After a stressfull 2 months of packing up one house and moving to another, we set up only that which we really needed in the new house, prior to packing our bags for this latest trip. The day before we were to leave, we discovered we needed to obtain a visa for an included visit to China- and we needed t ... 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