View from the apartment, Melbourne

Melbourne, Sydney and the Blue Mountains: Celebrating with a stranger, and feeling all 'citied out' . . .

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February 20th 2007
Melbourne After I returned to Melbourne I spent another few days in the city, catching up on doing some of things that I didn't have time to do before I went to Adelaide (the tennis pretty much took up most of my time while I was there the first time!). I only stayed at Stuart's flat another couple of nights, before I moved to stay with a lovely, friendly, upbeat guy called Kim that I ha ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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