Blue Mountains

its winter already?

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June 24th 2008
Its winter already here but I'm heading off to warm sunshine next week...actually tomorrow. I can't believe how fast the time has gone, it seems like I just got here but then the first things I did seem so long ago. I have just finished my exams at Sydney Uni and my time here officially over, yay! I am really excited to be finished with classes and exams and travel. Winter here is not that ba ... 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