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Melbourne Part 1

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March 30th 2011
I arrived in Melbourne on Thursday 24th March from Adelaide. I met my friend Helen to get a set of keys and headed down to their place in South Melbourne. First big thing I noticed, is that getting round Melbourne is really easy. $3.80 for a 2 hour or $7 for an all day public transport ticket for Zone 1. There are only two zones and I would find I never really strayed outside of Zone 1. The t ... 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