Great ocean road and 12 apostles

Sleepy in Melbourne

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April 14th 2007
This is about a conference trip to Melbourne. Or what happened in the meanwhile and after it. Luckily I had a free weekend after the conference, so I had a chance to do the most typical tourist things, see the "Penquin Parade" and Great Ocean Road. Australians were quite like the stereotypic image I had before landing down under: friendly, straight and most of them also tanned a bit lik ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Swanston Street

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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