Burnt out cars

Natural disaster?

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February 9th 2009
Not happy news this installment. In fact, the furthest thing from it. Whilst NSW was baking in 30-40 degree sunshine, and thousands of people were frolicking at the beach, thousands of hectares of Victoria were destroyed in the worst bushfires that Australia has ever seen. Bushfires are fairly common in Australia at this time of year - the scrub is dry and the intense heat does start flash fire ... 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