Huge stinray!

The trip to Melbourne and the bush fire excitement.

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February 7th 2009
Two days ago Dave and I arrived in Melbourne to meet up with two friends we made in Edmonton that are from this side of the globe. We hitch-hiked quite efficiently from Callala basically town hopping all day until we arrived in a city known as Narooma. We had rides from really nice people, an old lady gave us some peaches and an old man took us on a tour of a town and then on a tour of his dairy f ... 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