View from the observatory

December 10th

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December 11th 2008
Melbourne, Australia - December 10th - Midnight Today was a fairly busy day. I got up and ready to head off on a tour. The tour was Champagne breakfast on a tramcar. I had to wait a bit for Lee to dispatch some tours, when I first walked into the theatre. Lee was on stage talking to this Chinese man. Shortly after I got in stage, he comes on the mic and says “Well ladies and gentlemen, apparent ... 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