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Australia.....hot

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December 13th 2005
Australia always seemed so far away, so far down the line, that to actually arrive here is quite a suprise. Since I have not yet left the city, it still doesn't entirely seem like i am really in Australia. I haven't seen any bush or outback, and have so far had no encounters with creatures likely to kill me. So far. I have been here getting on for two weeks now, staying in a suburb of Melbourne c ... 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