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John the Fruit-Picker

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January 9th 2015
Merry Christmas and Happy new year from Sunny ( but for today really wet) Red Cliffs, Victoria. After a few days in Cairns I flew to Adelaide to meet up with my best friends mum and dad Tina and Martin who were in Australia visiting relatives. Tom had arranged it so that I would arrive unannounced and surprise them. I walked in and nearly gave Tina a heart-attack as she was not expecting to see ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Mildura

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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