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Dracula's, Penguins and Christmas!

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December 17th 2008
Since our last blog, we've met up with a few familiar faces and had some good days and nights out in Melbourne. We went to Melbourne Zoo a few weeks ago...we thought maybe we had overdone the zoo and wildlife park thing, but it was actually a decent zoo where a lot of the animals weren't surrounded by cages or glass - just hedges and riverbanks, so you could get a good look and some good pics. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda

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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