View of bridge from Pylon Lookout

Last Day in Oz

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July 1st 2009
Day 72 (Wednesday 01/07/09, NJJ) Took the bus into the city. Started at the Botanical Gardens then Circular Key, The Rocks and on the the Harbour Bridge to go up to the Pylon Lookout to use the free pass we'd had with the bridge climb. In the evening we met Huw at the Pyrmont Hotel and the three of us walked to Viva Goa. Christine joined us a short time after. We had our farewell meal on our la ... 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