Lakes Entrance - cedar carving

Victoria

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February 4th 2007
Well that's us out of New South Wales and into Victoria Although significantly greener than NSW there is still evidence of the drought affecting Australia everywhere, parched fields, dried up creeks and waterholes and sheep and cattle nosing about for food in dust covered pasture. One thing we didn't mention about our drive down was our encounter with Australian cowboys - as we were driving throug ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Great Ocean Road

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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