Melbourne by river

Back to Melbourne, St Kilda and the Great Ocean Road

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June 28th 2010
Kate and I returned to Melbourne and organised a weekend trip to Perth for ten days time. I left her to her studies and checked back into the YHA in town. I put my Ipod in and went for a walk, on the south bank of the Yarra I spotted a river boat cruise so got on that and enjoyed the views of the buildings and bridges from the water. The best bits were seeing the botanical gardens and the area o ... 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