sitting, waiting, wishing

A walk with a view

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November 27th 2005
We walked to the Sydney observatory, which is a large grass hill with a white band stand on the top of it where every couple in Sydney seemed to be getting married! The beautiful Australian sun had made an effort to show it's face today to maximum effect, producing gorgeous 'cloud-less' blue skies. The views from up there were, as you can see, fantasic. There wasn't much else to do other than si ... 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