Goodbye to the Coorong and the Limestone Coast, back to Adelaide 0A6B4D8D-337B-47B5-970E-CA772DC74135.

Goodbye to the Coorong and the Limestone Coast, back to Adelaide

---

February 15th 2018
After breakfast this morning we had one last drive around to the two lakes, and then set off on our long drive back to Adelaide. Our first stop was the Roman Catholic precinct in Penola, where Mary MacKillop of the Cross (one of our distant relatives) started her first school and set up the first convent for the Sisters of St Joseph. We then continued on our drive through the Coonawarra and ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide

---

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