Southbank

Last Stop - Melbourne!

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June 6th 2008
We arrived back in Melbourne after our trip to the outback looking like a pair of tramps. We had slept outside in swag bags the night before and had not had time to get showered and changed before the flight to Melbourne, so we arrived into the airport covered in red dust and looking filthy. Attracting one or two strange looks on the way.... We set off for our hostel to get a shower, some clean ... 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