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ARE WE IN SCOTLAND?

January 22nd 2011
We started our day with a visit to New Italy. The name suggested more but all we could find was some public toilets with the Italian flag on the roof. Following on the same theme we drove to Maclean. This place takes its Scottish heritage very seriously. Its twinned with Portree on the Isle of Skye and even the telegraph poles are painted tartan. We had a wander around the town and found that ... read more
Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Grafton

Australian Flag 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
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