Hanging in there

Oz on the road 2

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March 5th 2009
We knew Victoria desperately needed the rain. Seeing the brown, burnt surroundings on the way into Melbourne was very sad and, having been out of touch with the news in Myanmar, we were only just starting to realise how devastating and tragic the fires had been. So it was hard to be grumpy when the rain moved in. Which it did...heavily. Cheery souls on the radio were saying things like “I dunno ... 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