Binalong Bay

To the Bay of Fires

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February 13th 2013
From Swansea we drove to Coles Bay, I bought some delicious oysters, and then, rather than go down the Freycinet Peninsular, we decided we'd drive north. We passed sheep, olive and walnut groves and vineyards and then bushland for quite awhile. We've seen so much roadkill this trip - small wallabies, pademelons and possums. We haven't seen a lot of live wildlife except for a wallaby ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Bay of Fires

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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