View from our hotel bedroom.

The lucky country.

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May 11th 2008
We had to do something special for the folks' last weekend in Australia, so we decided to bundle it up with my birthday festivities and get a hotel right in the centre of town for one last run around in Sydney. Worked out very nicely too - apart from Crum falling off an escalator... Had one magical ferry trip over the harbour on the Saturday night, which, I can honestly say, was the happiest I' ... 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