Surf's Up!

Nearly 6 weeks in Oz...

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June 2nd 2007
OK, I'll have been in Australia for 6 weeks on Monday. I really did mean to write something sooner! Ah well, here's a brief(ish) description of where I've been and what I've seen... My first week in Sydney was a whirlwind of tourist madness! The first couple of days I was suffering slightly from jet-lag but it didn't last long at all - mainly I think because on arrival in Sydney at 5.30am I fo ... 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