Warnie doesn't get 700

Shane's 700, the Great Ocean Road, Sydney to Hobart and other adventures

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December 29th 2006
Greetings from chilly Melbourne! Christmas and New Year are covered elsewhere, so lets start on Boxing Day. I persuaded Nic to get up at 9:00, so we could try to look for tickets to the Boxing Day test. It was drizzling as we walked to the MCG, and there weren't so many touts (scalpers as the Aussies call them), but we eventually got sorted and entered the arena. The MCG has been updated sin ... read more

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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