The lighthouse from Around the Twist

Big Trouble Little Australia (Part 1)

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June 24th 2007
By "Big Trouble" I mean no trouble at all. And by "Little Australia" I mean huge Australia. Australia was to be my last stop for 6 months. That changed to 9. First I stayed in Sydney, which is every bit the big city with big skyscrapers and big ideas. Of course I saw the Opera House, of course I saw the Harbour Bridge. But it was Melbourne where I would lay my hat for the coming months, and ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda

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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