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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]
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] Blog: Australia
Date: July 28th 2006
Having been to Australia already but having never made it to Sydney it was quite exciting to see the harbour and Opera House from the air as we flew in to the airport on Sunday 11 June. We checked into a backpacker hostel in the King’s Cross area and wandering around later that night bumped into an old friend of Ruth’s from home called Tinon, which was fun. Though it had been cold at night a ... read more
Date: July 28th 2006
Having been to Australia already but having never made it to Sydney it was quite exciting to see the harbour and Opera House from the air as we flew in to the airport on Sunday 11 June. We checked into a backpacker hostel in the King’s Cross area and wandering around later that night bumped into an old friend of Ruth’s from home called Tinon, which was fun. Though it had been cold at night a ... read more


