Funny man in horse hat

Melbourne Cup Day

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November 9th 2006
Just a quick update and a few pics from Melbourne Cup Day which was on Tues this week (7th Nov). For those of you who haven't heard of it, its like the Grand National but on a much much bigger scale. For starters in Melbourne its a bank holiday. For the rest of the nation it just seems like an excuse for a huge p*ss up...gotta love those aussies! Being the jammy so and so that I am, I managed ... 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