The Bay side

Day 17

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February 23rd 2011
As we packed up to head to Phillip Island, The groundsman asked where we were heading, I answered the question, explaining we were heading to Cowes on Phillip Island, (we are both keen to see the penguins). The Guy in the next van told us that Phillip Island was booked out for the motorbike race. What is it about our luck? We struck Sturgess in the USA and now a motorcycle gathering in Australia! ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Mornington Peninsula

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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