Approaching the Grampians

Grampians

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January 28th 2007
Had a long not very eventfull drive from Barossa, stopped off at the famous Whispering Wall dam which I saw last year, my friends were suitably impressed, and actually got round to taking a photo this time, i had my usual 'i have seen it before' and it's hardly worth getting out of the car for approach. Much driving followed, we did a fairly remote stretch, not outback by Australian standards b ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Halls Gap

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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