Chandon Winery Window

The Lanes and the Vines

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September 18th 2005
Well, Ive arrived in Melbourne and was greeted by mum's first cousin Geraldine and husband Dave, plus my cousin/pen pal Abbie. It really hit home that I was in Australia all of a sudden having written and spoke to them all these years thinking about them on the other side of the world. The weather in Melbourne was a bit of a shock to the system- the first day it poured down and we attempted a ... 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