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Day 156 - The Melbourne Aquarium

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July 16th 2010
Having grown up going to the Vancouver Aquarium at least once a year the Melbourne Aquarium was a bit disappointing. It had it’s highlights: The Penguins soooo fun to watch and the giant Rays. But this is a small all indoor Aquarium. Some of the displays were pretty pathetic, some of the jelly tanks had two or three jellies in them, there is a better jelly tank at YVR! But we had fun watchin ... 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