Thousands of Sailboats in the Harbour

Manly Beach and Exploring around Sydney

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July 26th 2008
The past few weekends I have been enjoying my time around Sydney. One weekend, we took a ferry up to Manly Beach and whitnessed a beautiful sunset, enjoyed some ice cream, and watched the surf. Everything was gorgeous, except for my ice cream eating abilities. Apparently, it's been awhile since I enjoyed my last ice cream on cone, and my $5 ice cream fell onto a bench, but I wasn't going to be ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Manly

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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