Mt Gambier Blue Lake

Melbourne - Adelaide Drive Day 3: Port Fairy - Robe

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October 23rd 2012
DIY Breakfast of muffins, orange juice and coffee outside Plum Tree Cottage and then we said cherrio to Doug, our host, and Sammy, his Hungagrian Sheepdog. We took a right onto the Princes H'Way (which Prince?) and off we went. Bit of a slog today - but discovering cruise control was a real bonus on empty straight roads Halfway, we stopped in Mount Gambier for a long black, capuccino, rocky ... 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