The pre-firework prep work

Happy 2009

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January 2nd 2009
Cities take on certain personalities. Paris is the city of love, Chicago is the second city, Gallup NM is the armpit of America. Sydney seems to be the city of New Year's (really it is the harbor city). Aided by the International Date Line, Sydney is the first major city to celebrate the New Year. Aussies relish the role and title of first New Year's. After witnessing the New Year down und ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Sydney Harbour

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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