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Happy New Melbourne

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December 31st 2008
Happy New Year one and all!!! Drove down from Hervey Bay via Noosa (absolutely unable to stop there, it was more crowded than Harrod's sale!!) and Mooloolaba (less crowded, but busier than last time we were there). Had a pleasant lunch and walkaround then headed down to our overnight Brissie lodgings. Nice civilised apartment, made the most of it, for the rest of our Aus leg of the trip we have ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » South Yarra

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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