Arrivals

The trip home

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June 13th 2008
We're back! Managed a couple of naps on the several flights we needed to get home, but figured out we slept about 6 hours out of 64 from when we got out of bed Wednesday morning in Dubai(!) It was great to see the folks waiting for us at the airport, and we reckon you really need to get away from Australia for a bit just to appreciate what a great place it really is. We had an awesome 7 a ... 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