Just Hanging Out

Kanga, Roo, & a Koala Too

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June 28th 2005
School is out and the fun has begun. I finished off my last exams last week and am now on semester break until the end of July. I have finally started doing some of the touristy stuff I haven’t had time for during the school. Matt (a Kiwi classmate of mine) and I went to Healsville Sanctuary. It is about an hour out of the city in the Yarra Valley and home to one of the largest collecti ... read more

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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