we made it

Sydney Running Festival

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September 23rd 2007
We took a tour of Sydney with 20,000 other runners during the Sydney Running Festival. It was pretty cool to run over the massive Harbor bridge without a car in sight. We saw some pretty parks and interesting buildings along the way while the rest of the city slept. We were so consumed with the views that we didn't notice how tired we got over the 9 km (ok, that's not true - we were very happy ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Manly

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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