The Great Ocean

Upsidedown Backwards Land

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July 6th 2010
"It'll be cold" they said. "It's their bloody winter!" said others. "You are an idiot" said one. "I hate you" - he didn't really say that. As we walked out of Melbourne airport in flip flops and board shorts we began to realise that people had been trying to tell us something. What, we didn't know, but we found out when we were told it was the coldest day in Melbourne in years. We spent the fligh ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Healesville

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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