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Where I’m At: May, 2018 – Saigon edition

May 1, 2018 By James Clark 2 Comments

Where I’m At: May, 2018 – Saigon edition

Greetings from Saigon and another edition of Where I’m At; a monthly update of what I’ve been up to and general site news. Where I’ve Been Melbourne After transiting through Kuala Lumpur I started the month in Melbourne, my old home city. In case you didn’t already know, Melbourne is one cool city. If I […]

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Castlemaine – the gold-rush era city in the goldfields region of Victoria

April 24, 2018 By James Clark 2 Comments

Castlemaine – the gold-rush era city in the goldfields region of Victoria

Visitors to Melbourne marvel at the remains of “Marvellous Melbourne” – the Victorian-era architecture that is a legacy of the great Victorian gold rush. The gold was is in the regions surrounding Melbourne, and Ballarat and Bendigo became the two biggest regional cities as a result of the gold rush. Before Ballarat and Bendigo became […]

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I’m currently based in Vietnam, writing about transport and infrastructure in Southeast Asia.

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