Sydney Opera House

Australia: Campervans, Grey Hound Busses and Hostels

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February 26th 2010
After catching up over breakfast and a coffee with the rest of my brood, we made our way to some friends in Melbourne, who had kindly offered to put us up and invited us for Christmas dinner with their family. Melbourne is a lovely city and not what I expected. It has a very English feel about it whilst still having a very cosmopolitan angle. Christmas eve was spent looking at the old Melbourne ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Inn The Tropics

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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