Paddocks

Melbourne

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September 22nd 2008
Tasmania Note - The weather did not break my last day in Hobart. The showers kept coming and spent plenty of time in the hotel room. I have seen more movies this trip between the plane rides and Hobart to last me a lifetime. Tomorrow the adventure brings me to Melbourne which I will have the pleasure of staying with friends of family. They will be showing me around Melbourne and I am hoping to see ... 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