View of Melbourne from Yarra River

MCG

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January 15th 2008
Thurs 13th Dec: Got up to do my cycle tour but by 1000 Laz still not up so went it alone. Got my bike and a map and headed off. Cycled out east then into the city. Needed to get to the Philip Island office as my sunnies had fallen out in the bus and I had to collect them. It was great fun zigzagging in and out of the traffic (but don't tell Mum!) Then went down to the Yarra River and sat by ... 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