Melbourne

Melbourne Australia

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April 29th 2009
On February 7th we can claim to have been in the hotest city in the world which was Melbourne. The tempature was 46.4 C or 115F. I don't know what the effect of wind would be but if it is -10C and there is a wind it will feel and the impact will be as if the tempature were colder i.e. -20C (Windchill). There must be the same effect with heat, for on the day the tempature rose to 46.4C there was ... 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