Sydney

19. 16/10 - 25/10 - Back to Civilisation, Melbourne & Sydney

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October 25th 2007
16/10/07 Our 7 hour flight to Melbourne was a non-starter on the sleep front, with our flight time (8 at night) and seat allocation (being the final connection on a flight from London, we drew the short straw, and got seats next to the kitchen), meaning that even counting sheep and James Blunt couldn't send us into a slumber!! Instead we stayed up all night and must have looked like zombies whe ... 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