The New Parliament House

with the mosaic at the front

February 2nd 2009
As predicted the bus journey was long and uncomfortable. We arrived in Canberra at 7.15am, We walked 10mins to the YHA opposite the Wardolf Hotel. We were unable to check in until 1pm so we put our bags into lockers and went out for breakfast. We found a little cafe around the corner, i had french toast with maple syrup and Chris had raisin toast - a nice change! We then caught the number 2 bus to ... read more

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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

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Emma Loades

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Chris and Emma will be leaving the UK on the 17th November. Our first stop will be Hong Kong,then we are flying down to Oz. We are starting in Perth, flying to Alice Springs, Ayers Rock etc, spending Christmas and New Year in Adelaide with Chris Aunt and Uncle. We then travel around the coast up to Sydney. From there we fly over to New Zealand for 6 weeks. We then go back into Sydney to finish up the coast. Afetr this we are spending 2 weeks in Fiji and finishing off with a week in New York on our way home...this is our map: worldmapmaker=123... full info

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