Sydney Opera House

Arrived in Sydney

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June 30th 2006
5 hrs to phoenix. 1.5 hours to LA. 15 hours to Sydney. After leaving LA on June 29th at 1pm, I arrived via Qantas coach the next day at 10pm. Needless to say, the combination of insomnia and adrenaline led me to experience the city in a way that I would have normally experienced walking through Tokyo at 6am, after an entire night of partying with Shiruba-kun. I arrived at the hotel, quickly look ... 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