The All Nations

Melbourne

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December 20th 2005
After a flight from Ayers rock I arrived in Melbourne just after lunch. The sky bus took me into the city. After reading the lonely planet I decided the all nations hostel in the city center (where Flinders Street meets Spencer Street). The hostel was only $18 but that was still too much. It was an unhygienic pigsty! Good bar though. I stayed there for three nights despite my better judgment ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne

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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