Melbourne moments and capital canberra - meeting and eating kangaroo!
January 10th 2006 Ele and I headed off to melbourne on the overnight train from sydney, leaving behind a sad and excited Thomas (sad we were going but excited about settling down and starting life in Sydney). We had booked into the base backpackers in the St kilda's beach area of melbourne which was a bit like living as a student again as the bar was downstairs and had lots of drinks promotions and events including
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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 
