MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground)

From Sports Crazy Melbourne to... Tassie!

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January 19th 2007
Hello All!! I am currently in Tasmania! For those of you who don't know... Taz is a State of Australia, but it is a separate island off the South East Coast. I arrived here on Wednesday, and am currently in the Capital... Hobart. It is really nice here and relaxed. It is a far cry from the Sports Crazy Melbourne and the hustle and bustle of Sydney! So what have I been up to sice I last wr ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Hobart

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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