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...and the beat goes on

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July 6th 2007
I'm adding Melbourne to my list of 'places I could live if they weren't so far away from home' (the list includes New York and San Francisco as well). I just love the atmosphere here, and the fact that there's so many things to do which don't cost much money. It's not the weather - which although hasn't been as bad as in Sydney (or obviously on the way here in the campervan) has hardly been sunny ... 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