Melbourne, arrival and settling in

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October 28th 2013
I'm slowly catching up on my blog, apologies for delay; here is the start of my Ozzie trip. It was simply wonderful to fly in to Melbourne very early in the morning, and be greeted by Darius and Zephi...difficult to believe for quite some time that I could really touch and hug them! And only 20 minutes or so to drive to their home in Coburg, see Gaynor and Salvi too. Great that I seemed to ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Coburg

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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