beautiful deserted beach

Chilling Out Down Under

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November 19th 2006
From warm, sunny Thailand, we ducked back under the equator to warm, sunny Aussie.... at least that was the plan. We had visions of lazing in the sun, basking in the heat at gorgeous beaches. making ourselves brown and wrinkly in true aussie style. Before I give a full account I'll let you in on a few things that I learned down under, in no particular order: 1. Australians like to eat pot ... 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