Melbourne Return & Philip Island Photo 18

Melbourne Return & Philip Island

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December 1st 2010
As I spent a happy time living there back in 2007 it would of been rude not to make a return to Melbourne and see how the cultural centre of Australia was getting on without me. Melbourne is not an obvious city for the curious traveller, certainly for just a few days but it definately has charms. The weather on my return however was mostly terrible. Fitzroy and Collingwood where I lived previ ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island

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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