MCG

Melbourne, the new windy city

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December 15th 2006
I've now been in sunny Australia for about a week and half and I've yet to see a spider, long may it continue. The hostel here is pretty sweet as you get free rice and pasta so food wise, I'm saving some good coin. The price for of beer is also cheap. I paid 2.8 english sheets for a jug of lager which is 2 and half pints. Anyway, first day here we decided to do the MCG tour which is set in a massi ... 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