Melbourne CBD

Stage 27

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April 5th 2008
Got here three weeks ago and used it as base to see Victoria, my cousin Kerr and his wife Maz very kindly have been putting me up. The city itself is a really cool place, always seems to be loads going on. There's the Australian Open tennis, the F1 Grand prix and most of the Aussie rules teams are based here aswell. I managed to get to a couple of games and St Kilda are my adopted team. It's also ... 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