Eugene and Nicole

Melbourne and vicinity

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October 8th 2006
After another epic but scenic drive along the Great Alpine Road through the Victorian Alps and its Lakes District (I kid you not), we arrived in Melbourne where Dawn and Eugene and their lovely little girl, nearly-three-year-old Nicole, kindly put us up for a few nights. Dawn and Eugene are old mountain biking mates of Rod’s, but he hadn’t seen them since they left Poynton for Melbourne six y ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne

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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