Ian doing the "Jilly" pose

Mighty Melbourne

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April 28th 2007
Rach... With Ian and the wheel of the Toyota, and me providing unerring navigation (mostly) we made for the Melbourne suburb of Mordialloc, where Ian’s Cousin Phillip, wife Helen, four year old Max, and little toddler Ella are temporarily based, having just moved back out here from their last home in the UK. Our visit had been negotiated by e-mail over the past few weeks, but a late aft ... 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