On the ferry to Manly with the Opera House and Harbour Bridge in the background

Christmas Down Under

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January 3rd 2008
Although it didn't really feel like Christmas, we managed to stuff ourselves, drink and be merry and all of that. We picked up my parents at the airport in Sydney on Christmas Eve, and headed back to Wollongong to Brett's aunt and uncles, who are the perfect hosts, and were nice enough to allow 8 of us from Canada all stay with them! Not to mention provide us with enough food and beer to last us u ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Wollongong

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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