Adelaide 005

Southen Ocean

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February 27th 2011
Saturday Feb 26, 2011 The Great Bight of Australia Latitude 35 degrees 25 minutes’ south- Longitude 129 degrees 14 minutes' east Cruising through the Great Southern Ocean can be an ordeal that most mariners want to avoid. We have heard the stories from the local sailors that this stretch of water has a very unique sub-sea bottom configuration that makes for unpredictable conditions and tr ... 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