View from our hotel

Arrival in Sydney

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March 20th 2006
Well after a 5 hour flight to vancouver, 6 hours to hawaii, and 10 hours to sydney we're finally here. The kids were very well behaved during the flight, we bribed kirk and wes with pokemon cards. There was alot of turbulance a hour or 2 out of sydney, and this morning i found out that a huge typhoon (huricane) hit the northern part of australia, we're going to be in that area in 2-3 weeks. T ... 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