The Twelve Apostles

The towns just get smaller

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December 6th 2006
Dec 6th - Day 20 The day started a lot cooler today, the sun probably saw my legs and got scared off. Headed off on the Great Ocean Road and entered the Otway National Park. Up here, rolling hills with lush green grass was the norm, unlike the parched grass on route from Melbourne. Turned down a dirt track and immediately saw a small kangaroo and rabbit. Thought better of it and got back on the m ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Portland Bay

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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