Sue, climbing the 280 stairs!!

Day 14 Saturday Fort Scratchely

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October 11th 2008
Today some of our friends went to a 50th birthday party in Newcastle and the rest of us caught the ferry over to Newcastle and walked up to Fort Scratchley to explore. It was a very interesting day. We took a tour through the tunnels at the Fort which reminded me so much of the similar forts set up at Middle Head. Our guide told us all about the attack on Newcastle by the Japanese sub. and how Fo ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Newcastle

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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