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Victoria Road Trip - Day 6

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March 20th 2013
This is getting to be a habit: woke at 04:30 and finally got up at 06:30 to blog. The city at dawn is great. After the usual tea and hot cross bun, we were in the car for 10:00 - 22 degrees and brilliant sunshine. We headed west over the long 5 lane West Gate bridge and down the M1 as a trial to Torquay. Breathtaking beauty! Had coffee at Growlers and photos. Perfect day for swimming, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Torquay

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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