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Day 63: Koala spotting at Cape Otway

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February 10th 2013
After our night at Johanna beach, we got up early to head towards Cape Otway. To access the cape you have to drive through bouts of the national park - and that meant Eucalyptus trees and some koala spotting opportunities. Our first spot (well James's) was a koala crossing the road, it was a pretty big one and happily sniffed the mud bank with the odd look up at us to check we were stationary. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Cape Otway

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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