Sydney

Convict Country

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June 19th 2006
22nd April 2006. Today is our 11th anniversary. We arrived at Perth around lunchtime and were met by my cousin Spencer and his daughter Izzy. We had discovered at the airport in Christchurch that we didn't have visa's for Australia. We were'nt sure why but ten minutes on the internet and 40 aussie dollars later the problem was solved. We spent eight days at Spenny and Gails house, a little hous ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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