Elephants having a swim in Melbourne Zoo

First 3 Weeks of Australia

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April 7th 2007
So, here we are - made it to Australia. Arrived in Melbourne city and it was already dark, so got a tram (the city is full of trams going everywhere you can imagine, and they all have right of way and the longest you wait for one is about 10 minutes and a weekly travel card cost about 10 quid - bit cheaper than back in London now-er-days). As it was late (and quite cold in the evenings) just heade ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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