Joe with his Visa

Welcome to Australia!

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December 8th 2007
We had a long night waiting for our flight to Melbourne. We had to check in at 3.30am and our flight was at 6.35am. We didn't think there was much point in going to bed so we were just going to go to the airport late and try and sleep there for a bit, the problem was that Christchurch airport closes at night until 3am! And the hostel wouldn't let us wait around until 3am for our shuttle so we had ... 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