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FIRST DAY OF FALL (OR SPRING)

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March 22nd 2010
First day of spring (fall) in Melbourne was cool and cloudy. It was perfect weather to visit Healesville Wildlife Preserve and check on the critters. Last year, the endangered species here were sent to the Melbourne Zoo for R & R as the bush fires threatened. Everyone was thrilled when three Tassie Devils were born. Guess the parents thought they were on a second honeymoon. We visited the usu ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » South Yarra

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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