Light Fixture

Sydney

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December 14th 2008
It was snowing when I flew out of Kalamazoo. Total time in transit, with three flights and the layovers, took about 24 hours. I travelled with a co-worker. The transpacific flight was on an A380... which on Qantas seats 450 passengers (it is a double-decker superjumbo jet). We arrived in Sydney to a temperature in the mid-80s (~25 Celsius) with mostly sunlight. We took a taxi to the hotel, ... 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