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Cradle Mountain, and Farewell to Australia

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December 8th 2012
We left the peacocks and the chickens, the possums and the hand-fed wallabies of Bicheno and began our drive towards Cradle Mountain, in the western part of Tasmania, stopping along the way in Deloraine. It was Tuesday, November 6, Cup Day in Melbourne and in the small town of Deloraine, the Deloraine Hotel was doing brisk business as people in their racing attire (ie, women with fabulous hats) 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