Australia's Crest

A Tale of Three Cities

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April 5th 2008
The last part of my Australian journey was to take me to their 2 biggest cities, Sydney and Melbourne. In between I would do a stop in the country's capital, Canberra. Sydney is a beautiful city. It is the most cosmopolitain place in Australia and felt more international then any of my previous stops up along the coast. It has what you would find in most major country's first cities; unique sk ... 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