From the back

On the way back

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February 21st 2013
We are now on our way home so this is my final post for this trip. Before leaving the Mornington Peninsular, we drove to Brighton and I walked on the beach to photograph the colourful little bathing boxes. These date from Victorian times and edge the beach at Middle Brighton. I read that one sold for $260,000 in 2011. To my knowledge, they’re not found anywhere else in Australia. Another bat ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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