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Super Bowl Monday

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February 8th 2010
Today is Monday. But, with the time difference, back in the US it is still Sunday. In fact, it is Super Bowl Sunday. And my understanding is that makes for a fun morning in Australia, as many of the bars open up to cover the game. I started off my day with a run in the rain - it’s apparently been raining a lot here, with numerous severe thunderstorms - staying mostly near the hostel. I got back ... 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