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Melbourne and the Dog with a job.

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December 23rd 2009
Our plane touched down in Melbourne for us to be greeted by the pouring rain. This was the first myth i held to be true about Australia was broken - apparently it does rain, the second being that there aren't dangerous and poisonous animals lurking everywhere ready to pounce. I think Tom and i were both a touch disappointed by this one. (More on this later.) Anyway we left the plane to be greeted ... 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