Down by the station

Scarves and sun

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September 18th 2007
Melbourne was cold yesterday - everyone is walking round in scarves and winter jackets - a bit excessive for me but by 7.00, when it was dark (thought Australia had more day light), it was scarves weather, thin one, but still. Was a lovely day though. Got lost round Victoria Harbour which isn't much fun, and is very desolate, with building work going on everywhere, but the City Tram saved me a ... read more

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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