NYE

New Year

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January 6th 2012
We decided to take a spontaneous trip down to Portsea surf beach with Sal as a friend had lent us a car. It was a bit cloudy on the way down but ended up being nice and hot! The water was freezing but I jumped in for a swim, only to be wiped by a kid on a body board!!! I must have collected half the sand on the beach as when I got home and showered I found it all in the bath!!! New Year was muc ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Hawthorn East

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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