Australia Travelog Archive

September 22, 2012
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Below is a list of all my postings that I have completed from the various locations in Australia I visited during the years I spent living there.  I actually have pictures of many other locations in the country that I …

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Melbourne Storms: Past & Present

March 6, 2010
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Here are pictures of a massive storm that hit one of my favorite cities in the world Melbourne, Australia: There seems to be wild weather all around the world this year, but as Andrew Bolt points out this type of …

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Melbourne Doctors Work to Separate Bangladeshi Twins Joined at the Head

November 16, 2009
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Here are some Australians doing a good thing: A team of Australian surgeons were working Monday on a delicate and complicated surgery to separate twin sisters who are joined at the top of the head. The 2-year-old Bangladeshi orphans, Trishna …

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Australian Baby Survives Being Hit By Train

October 16, 2009
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This is a pretty amazing story coming out of Melbourne: Police in Australia say a 6-month-old baby has miraculously survived a train hitting his stroller that had rolled onto the tracks. The train pushed the stroller about 130 feet (40 …

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On Walkabout At: Flinders Street Station in Melbourne

July 6, 2009
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Every major city in the world has a structure that becomes its iconic image.  New York City for example has the Statue of Liberty, Paris has the Eiffel Tower, and in Australia Sydney has its beautiful Opera House.  Melbourne may …

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Indian Protesters Cause Traffic Jam In Melbourne

May 31, 2009
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If I was to hold a protest to get Australians to support my cause I don’t think causing a massive traffic jam in the middle of Melbourne is the way I would go about it: INDIAN protesters occupying a busy …

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Melbourne Train Surfer Bashed for Stupid Stunt

May 12, 2009
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Looks like we have another candidate for a Darwin Award: His actions have been slammed by Victoria’s state premier who said he could not imagine a more stupid, idiotic or dangerous thing to do. A teenager has claimed he was …

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Melbourne Suburb Happiest Place In Austraia

May 10, 2009
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At least according to this survey: A NATIONAL health survey has unearthed a pocket of happiness in Melbourne’s outer east. Kilsyth, the working-class home of the well-treed quarter-acre block, is officially Australia’s happiest suburb. Almost 50,000 Australians have taken The …

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Zombies Invade Melbourne

May 9, 2009
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No not really just a Zombie Shuffle in fact: MELBOURNE was transformed into a real-life horror show today when hundreds of `zombies’ hit the streets. The undead brain-munchers were really zombie enthusiasts in make-up, moaning on mass through the city …

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Melbourne to Run Out of Water By 2010?

April 21, 2009
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I can’t think of a major city in the world that faces the possibility of running out of water like Melbourne is by as early as 2010 according to this posting if you can believe it: There has not been …

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