Hello Melbourne

February 6th 2009
We've made it to Melbourne. Unlike James Cook, (let's hear it for Whitby) it only took us 19 hours door to door from Dubai to hit Australia's second/first city. Unlike Cook, we had no trouble with the crew or weevil-free victuals. Fresh beverages were regularly served and the captain was given a round of applause when, almost on schedule, he hit (not hard) Aussie soil shortly after 11p ... 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

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DonnyBreeze

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Mike and Rosie Smith retired in 2008. They managed to spend a large amount of their kids' inheritance on a 2009 trip to Australia and New Zealand, via Dubai to check up on brother Dave's progress building the metro. May 2010 - house swap with David and Claudia to Mill Valley, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Side trips: 1. Yosemite National Park 2. Las Vegas, Grand Canyon and Zion National Park. 3. Down the coast to Santa Barbara and back to San Francisco via the Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur. October 2011 - house swap with Tom and Nancy to Charlestown, Boston, M... full info

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