Xmas Trees in Summer Heat - Just Wrong

Melbourne and the Death of Travelling Light

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December 6th 2006
Ahhh the Australian summer and finally some decent warm, dry weather after suffering New Zealand's wetter than Britain, colder than Britain, so called summer! Melbourne was hot - approaching 30 degrees most days and sunny as hell to boot. It immediately felt like a real city compared to Auckland or Christchurch. Buildings were taller, roads wider, cars bigger. The down side as a pedestrian being 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