Happy Birthday Mark!

First week in Melbourne

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April 16th 2008
Day 298 (19.1.08) to Day 299 (20.1.08) On Saturday morning Tiana and her fella, Ash, came round for some brunch. After we’d had our fill of pancakes and scrambled eggs on toast washed down with plenty of tea we picked their brains about which suburbs to look for apartments in. We wanted to find a place for the next few months so that we didn’t have to live in a hostel. Not only would it work ... 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