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Bondi beach blues

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August 31st 2005
- FOOD: Good food at Coogee with Hunter Valley 'Cockfighter Ghost' wine - AREA: Half hour walk to Bondi beach from Bondi Junction; impressive sea but not so impressive beach; coastal walk to Coogee beach past big cemetry and little coves with great splashy waves. - PEOPLE: Depressed Oz dormmate; last night with Ruth, Kelly and Mia and goodbyes again. - WEATHER: Grey and windy but at last ... 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