Hanging out with Toadie

Melbourne, Neighbours and The Twelve Apostles

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November 6th 2006
With fond memories of New Zealand behind me, arrived in Melbourne the night before the Melbourne Cup. Needless to say Melbourne was packed for that week and there seemed to be Irish everywhere..... including our good mates from the Kiwi Experience. Thanks to "Smithy" most nights involved some serious drinking and a couple of times we ended up back at hostel - The Coffee Palace, where he'd use his ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda

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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