Melbourne from the Docklands

Sunday at the Melbourne Docklands

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November 8th 2007
We spent an afternoon at the Melbourne Docklands. It used to be commercial shipping area but has been turned into upmarket residential apartments. The Telstra dome is there too. I found it quite deserted, and it was almost a relief to get back to the Melbourne city area, which is full of people any time of the week. They are building the Melbourne Eye in the Docklands - a competition to t ... read more

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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