London Bridge

Arty Farty

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March 18th 2007
Hi All, We arrived in Melbourne a few days ago to be greeted with lots of art sculptures. It is certainly a cultural city, its a lot different from what we have seen already. Bizarre that we are in the same country.... City exploring was great, we spent the afternoon at the Melbourne Museum, this I am sure was mostly for kids, Simon and I felt right at home, and amused ourselves for hours. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » CBD

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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