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Melbourne

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May 19th 2015
Hi everyone, lovely day yesterday, no rain !! we all caught a tram into the city, wandered around, walked across to the Docklands area. They have built high apartments with balconies overlooking the water and have what they call vertical gardens on the side of the high rises, too make it look more attractive! even the bicycle railings are shaped like a bicycle ! The docklands was, in it's day a gr ... 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