Great Ocean Road

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February 25th 2010
Back in Victoria we stopped for lunch at Portland - the oldest settlement in Victoria. Unfortunately it was too windy and rainy to do much more than briefly tour some of the historic buildings and we drove on to Port Fairy where we set up camp for the night in the rain again ( I wonder why we prefer staying in people’s houses?!) Fortunately the weather greatly improved the next day so for our ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria

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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