Sydney New Years

Sydney part 2

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January 3rd 2006
After Christmas I moved onto manly, which is a beach off the northern mouth of Sydney. Manly is a great beach and full of people. My hostel was a little on the stuffy side with four sweaty lads in on small room with no ventilation! The people were fun though. I lulled the time away by laying on the beach, plating some volley ball and having a go at surfing. New years eve was spent in the ci ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » 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