Melbourne from the Observatory Tower 2

Oz is coming to an end

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August 14th 2006
Kat writes: Eight to a room After 3 below zero nights in a camp site in Melbourne's suburbs we moved out. The extreme cold and sleeping in two layers of clothes, plus a sleeping bag, duvet, fleece, blanket, woolly hat and gloves, just wasn't working for us. So reluctantly we left the van and moved into a hostel in St Kilda for the first time since Sydney, over 4 months ... read more

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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