Royal Botanical Gardens

Last day in Melbourne

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September 4th 2008
I can't believe that I am going home tomorrow. It was a blast, but I guess it has to end sometime. I have been working alot the last couple of days so today I tried to see as much of Melbourne as possible. I started at the Queen Victoria Market that is huge and had tons of food, junk, cool stuff, etc. I enjoyed listening to a Peruvian band and watching little Australian kids dance around to the mu ... 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