Opera House from Milsons Point

Happy New Year...

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January 9th 2006
Sat 31st Dec - Mon 9th Jan New Years Eve was like no other I’ve ever experienced before. It started off with me going over to Susan’s for dinner with the family and watching the 9pm fireworks…how family orientated is Oz?! - fireworks for kids! Anyway, after disposing of the children (into bed and not a wheelie bin!), Susan and I went down to the harbour to find a good vantage point for th ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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