Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia - Melbourne

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August 6th 2007
We arrived in Melbourne at 7pm on Tuesday 24 July and checked into Melbourne Metro YHA at the northern end of the city. After walking to the supermarket for groceries, we cooked dinner and then sat in the TV room for a while before going to bed. On Wednesday, we took the free tourist shuttle bus around the sights of Melbourne. We stopped at the Shrine of Remembrance and walked around the ground ... 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