Cooks Cottage, Fitzroy Park, Melbourne

Australia · Victoria · Melbourne & Great Ocean Road

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August 19th 2005
Well, have spent a few days in Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. Flew from London with a couple of hours stopover in Singapore and then onto Melbourne. The journey was about 20 hours or so. Left London on a Tuesday night and got to Melbourne on a Thursday early in the morning. Needless to say was very tired. Day 0 Stayed with some relatives who were quite enthusiast ... 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