Dinner in Melbourne

The stunning Australian cities - Melbourne and Sydney

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November 16th 2008
Hello all, Apologies for our delay in getting our next entry out - a mixture of being very busy/lazy in Australia and then arriving in the craziness of Bangkok with very slow internet connections!! Now in Phuket having the time of our lives. But will save that for the next entry.... We last left off at the end of New Zealand where we bid a sad farewell to our campervan and honestly thought ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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