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Canberra

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July 17th 2012
<span><span>We got up early, had a quick breakfast and drove of to Canberra.<span> The Kings Highway took us up steep mountainsides with some hairpin curves and the landscape changed as we ascended and became more serene.<span> We came to Canberra around twelve o clock but could check in directly and then headed directly down town.<span> We started at the Questacon, a ... 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