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Melbourne

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October 22nd 2007
I arrived in Melbourne on saturday, being really pissed off because of my stolen/lost camara...so the first thing i did was to buy a new one...it does not really help much, but at least i can concentrate now in taking lots of new ones...Melbourne is a big, busy and modern city. It is quite strange to get used to such a big thing again, after so many small and chill-out places in the east coast. ... 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