Early morning neighbours

Day 241 - Guess which country we are inÂ…

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February 28th 2007
The photo probably gives it away, but what a strange sight first thing in the morning a flock / herd / pride / gaggle of kangaroos is (not sure of the collective noun here). The closest we’d come to kangaroos before this (apart from the zoo) was the stark and unambiguous warning sticker on the van’s dashboard (see photo). We got going quite early and it was just like driving on a crisp spring ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Orbost

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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