Aussie Rules Football match at the MCG

G'day from Melbourne, Australia

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April 9th 2007
4/9/07 After not sleeping very well (noisy hostel due to college kids being on Easter break…ahh, to be young again….), our alarm went off at 2:30am in order for us to catch our flight to Melbourne, Australia (pronounced Melbin if you want to get technical). We had done our homework and knew that there was an Aussie Rules Football match that afternoon. We figured we may as well keep learning 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