Sydney Harbor Bridge

Sydney!!

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May 31st 2008
Sydney is amazing! Organized, eclectic, and polished. It didn't really strike me that I was in Sydney, AUSTRALIA (!!), until I saw the Opera House though. It's exterior is as imposing and grand as you can imagine. I did not realize however that other than the bright white tiled exterior, it's very 60's/70's brutalist: hard, concrete, even bland. Thus, I enjoy Opera House very much, but mostly ... 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