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March 5th 2006
We needn’t have worried that Mardi Gras was going to be a letdown. We’d been advised that if we wanted any sort of view of the parade we needed to get into position by 5. The parade started at 7.30. As we’re starting to understand ouselves better we decided to get the 1.30 ferry across the harbour to the city. We took the scenic route through the botanical gardens to get to the Oxford Stree ... 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