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The Waterfront and St Kilda (aka Melbourne by the Sea)

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October 12th 2008
Woke to grey skies - oh no! Can this be - a grey day in Melbourne. Well I need not have worried as after an hour the greyness had turned to brilliant blue skies and it was warming up nicely. As I left the apartment to wend my way down St Kilda Road and to St Kilda Beach I was greeted by thousands of runners taking part in the Melbourne Marathon - it was quite a spectacle watching the runners as ... 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