Symphony of blues

The Restless Sea

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October 26th 2006
To the thousands of immigrants arriving in Australia two hundred years ago, the coastline we are driving along today would have been the first land in sight after many months of sailing in cramped and uncomfortable conditions. So far from home, the sight of the Victorian coast must have come as a huge relief, but the danger was far from over. South of here, not a speck of land separates Austra ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Great Ocean Road

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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