Primaeval Foreshore

39 Back to Melbourne

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June 19th 2012
We had a big day the day we left Hobart. Firstly, we went to MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art. They prefer visitors to come by boat or bus from downtown Hobart, and we suspect that is to control the numbers better. Anyway, there is some carparking so we got there at opening time, 10am and had no trouble getting a park. It was Monday, and in Australia it was their Queens Birthday holiday. Th ... 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