Melbourne - Coffee House Culture - YUMMY

Ashes, it's only a poxy little urn! Whatever!! - Melbourne & Sydney

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November 16th 2006
Melbourne is famous for it's weather unpredicatability, however we were completely caught unaware arriving from 34 degree Cairns to a freezing 8 degrees. As soon as the backpacks were off the carasel Elaine was changing from a short skirt and vest to jeans and hoodie. Fortunately the next day the heat was back into the high twenties. Being the smaller of the two cities, Melbourne has invented i ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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