Darling Harbor

Australia - Sydney and Port Douglas

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January 11th 2009
One of the things Sunjay wanted to do while in India was to go to Australia. We decided to take advantage of Maya's long Christmas break to do this. We left on Dec 30th, were in Hong Kong on Dec 31st and in Australia on New Year's Day. So we completely missed ringing in the New Year. We got back on Jan 10th. Sunjay's friend Dan and his girlfriend Kim were in Australia around the same time. Here is ... 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