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Day 2 Melbourne to Falls Creek

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July 6th 2008
Up nice and early. Had to be at South Cross for a 7.30am Bus. Now that we have luggage, bags of food, wine, slabs of drinks for the kids, we had quite and eventful, short walk. Lot of cursing. Managed to get there with 20 minutes to spare so I was dispatched to get a coffee fgrom the Gloria Jeans. Armed with directions, off and none found. Eventually I got 2 Coffees from the nearby HJ' ... 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