Brightening up a dull winter's day - street art in Melbourne

A dash of wine and a splash of colour

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July 13th 2013
It was time to get out of Sydney, and with friends in Melbourne, this was my weekend destination. I think the travel curse was following me, as it was a bleak weekend - windy, wet, overcast and cool. But then again it was Melbourne in winter, what else to expect? I was lucky to be staying with good friends in Port Melbourne, a part of the city that I had gotten to know much better over the year ... 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