The Nesting grounds

Day 20

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February 26th 2011
We had a great sleep and decided to have poached eggs on toast for breakfast, how good is this caravan life? We had chosen to do a loop tour from Port Fairy to Koroit, reported as an Irish village, It was settled by Irish immigrants to be tenant farmers on a 5600 acre holding bought for $2/acre, the town was laid out after a few years on crown land to allow for a commerce centre for the area. Mayb ... 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