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International Mooching... Melbourne Heat

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August 13th 2008
Melbourne: capital of the state of Victoria and Australia's second most populous city, is probably most famous (in Australia) for various sporting events such as the Aussie Grand Prix and the Melbourne Cup, and (outside Australia) for long running daytime soap Neighbours (bet you get the theme tune stuck in your head now... I have). Having never really got into it for more than a couple of weeks ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda

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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