David near our room

Australia & New Zealand 1

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November 23rd 2008
Day 1 - 14th Our daughter Marie drove us to Glasgow Airport through showery weather, arriving around 11.30. The drop off point is now in the terminal’s multi-story car park opposite because of previous attempts to fire bomb it! Check-in was a doddle because we’d previously booked our seats on-line. No problem with security screening despite David’s walk-on case being full of laptop, camer ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » CBD

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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