Baz and Tom on Manly Beach

Australia - Sydney (New Year and Zo's Birthday)

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January 21st 2010
We were up early to pack our bags and get a cab to the domestic terminal. We had to wear jeans and boots in the hot weather because we needed to bring our bag weight limit down to get on the Virgin Blue flight. When we arrived it was chaos!! Like Stanstead all over again, but luckily they were a lot more organised and we got through ok. On our flight to Sydney, sweating in all our heavy clothe ... 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