Sydney from Mrs Maguires Point

Sydney - DAY FIVE

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August 9th 2008
9th August - Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb! We went into the city to check out some of the shops and then walked up to the Sydney Opera House to take some more photos. We walked through the Royal Botanical Gardens around the harbour to get to Mrs Maguires Point. The best place to get the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House in the same photo. After that we got a bite to ea ... 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