Sydney

...And A Sydney New Year!

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January 6th 2008
We braved a taxi from the airport and to our relief he spoke English and took us straight to our penthouse apartment for the week (thanks again Neil, Lauren and Jamie!) in Bondi Junction. After a quick kip we got the train into the city and wandered round Circular Quay trying to scope out a good spot for New Years Eve, before checking in to climb the Harbour Bridge. We did the new "Discovery Cli ... 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