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Australia 2013 - Melbourne Day 1

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January 5th 2013
Unemployment has its benefits, like taking long blocks of holiday. Can't lose what you don't have. Part two of my post-job decompression is a monthlong stay in Australia. Via a 10-hour long layover in Dubai and over two "days", I made my way to Melbourne to visit my friend and recent transplant. First impression: there are a lot of asians around and they brought good food with them! Fir ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne

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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