Connie, Pat and friend

Melbourne

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March 14th 2012
In the morning we awoke early for our flight to Melbourne to find that the rain which had been intermittent the previous couple days had arrived full strength overnight. No worries, the subway station was right across the street and trains ran directly to the Airport terminal. So we had a somewhat leisurely full English breakfast and then checked out. Although the station was thronged with Sydn ... 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