Parade Pics

New Zealand Bound and Footy Fever

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September 23rd 2005
It’s the equivalent of Super Bowl Weekend here in Melbourne. Australian Rules Football holds its Grand Final tomorrow. Footy (as it is also called) is very popular here in Melbourne and while it is played around the country, almost of all the teams are in Victoria. To give a bad description of it, it is a bit of a cross between American Football and Soccer. The aim is to score between p ... 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