bush fire

northward

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November 29th 2010
NEXT Our last day in Melbourne……….. we drove out to the Dandenong Ranges at the southern end of the Great Divide, to Healesville. We visited another small faunal reserve. Sadly this one is more of a zoo, with smaller fenced compounds, though it’s greater importance is a wild animal veterinary hospital, that is pretty impressive. But here we can get up close with platypus, emu, wombat, f ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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