Opera House & Sydney Bridge

Re-Treading Old Steps

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February 5th 2008
After a fairly easy night flight from Darwin to Brisbane we landed about 6am and hung around the airport for a few hours waiting for the city to open. We had found a deal on a really nice hotel in Brisbane called Terraces On Wickham so we headed straight there to dump our bags in their luggage room. Drearily we trudged around the city until we couldn't keep our eyes open any longer. We snoozed ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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