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"The Grape Escape" - Australia

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October 15th 2006
“The Grape Escape” -- Australia After leaving New Zealand, we headed on to Australia. Since we’d been fortunate enough to have visited Australia before, we had already had a chance to hit some of the country’s many highlights (i.e., exploring the Great Barrier Reef, touring the Sydney Opera House, etc.) We decided this time around to concentrate on one of our biggest loves…WINE. Our t ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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