Flying Foxes at Royal Botanical Gardens

Oh I do like to stay beside the Sydneyside

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May 5th 2007
Here's Debbie with this weeks blog: Arriving in Sydney from Canberra we jumped on the train for 2 stops to Kings Cross, which is meant to be a lively area of the city. Luckily our hostel was on a quiet tree lined street. From the end of the street you could see the Harbour Bridge and Opera House. On our first night the hostel had a free bbq so we didn't need to cook. Our first full day in t ... 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