Annelies with Baden

Melbourne (5-15 December)

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December 16th 2008
We negotiated the West Gate bridge and City Link tunnel with relative ease through to Hawthorn East, where we stayed with Matt, Courtney and their son Baden. We had quite a busy schedule during the ten days in Melbourne and caught up with heaps of friends. Annelies turned 'double digits' (10) and while she and Alex went to see High School Musical 3, Mark and Thomas went up to Eureka Skydeck 88 ... 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