Olympic opening ceremony dinner

Packing it all in ... not long till we go

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August 15th 2008
Day 496 to 502 (04.08.08 - 10.08.08) When our friend Rob had left Melbourne he'd given us some free cinema tickets that he'd won at work for being a super-duper salesman. We decided to use them on Monday night so after work we met up in town and went for a last portion of dumplings at our favourite little dumpling house. Feeling full we wandered along the Yarra to the cinema and took in a showi ... 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