Loch Ard

Becoming an Aussie Bum

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September 30th 2007
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia After backpacking and moving to one new place to the next for almost a month now, I started to understand the importance of having a home base. A place where you feel belong, a place where your heart is. Thus in my case, I am becoming an unofficial bum in Australia, of which I can’t complain much anyway. Homesick st ... 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