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Grant and Rae's Oz Trip Feb/Mar 2014

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February 22nd 2014
Up at 06.30 for coach pick-up at 07.15! Interesting coach tour with a very entertaining driver/guide called Roger. Took us all over Melbourne.......CBD (Central Business District to eastern suburbs to Docklands to Port Philip Bay and beyond.........followed by a river cruise on the Yarra. Roger told us about the "dunny" (toilet) with the best view in Australia - on the 35th floor of the Sofitel ... 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