Whitehaven beach

Oz : Sydney

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November 30th 2005
Finally got online to write my final Australia entry. For those who don't know, I've changed my plans around and going to be back in good old blighty for Christmas. Good job really, as I'm way over budget having done everything I wanted to already. Nearly everything anyway, the rest is coming up in New Zealand. Anyway, I arrived in Sydney on 25th November and stayed until 1st December, in Bondi ... 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