Oz - The last Stretch - Neighbours, Great Ocean Road, Opera House and More!!!
October 7th 2006 We landed in Melbourne at 5.30am (Tuesday 19th Sept). By the time that we had cleared customs the time of day was a little bit more respectful (but not much!) We headed into the City to our hostel. The room wasn't ready so we had to hang around the T.V. room (like dropouts), exhausted and looking like zombies - we'd travelled overnight and hadn't had much sleep! When the room was eventually re
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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 
