Australian Pelican!

Winter, Little Penguins and PhDs

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July 10th 2010
Another update from our now very occasional blog. Apologies for those who have been waiting in anticipation of a fresh installment. We are now in the depths of the Antipodean winter, which contrary to popular opinion is in fact very cold and very dark. Like England dusk is at about 4.30pm and it's invariably night by the time I (Will) gets back home. No more evening surfs, ultimate frisbee or ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Manly

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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