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Hunter Valley and wine time again! (06.10.12 - 08.10.12)

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October 20th 2012
We left sydney on the very efficient Greyhound early in the morning, to make our way slowly to the Hunter Valley. This it seems is no easy task, as people just want you to book on tours to make things simpler. To get there involved the Greyhound to Newcastle, a train to Maitland then a bus to Cessnock, before being picked up by the YHA staff and driven out to the little hostel on the main road cal ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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