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Day 38 - My Birthday

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March 17th 2010
So this time last year it was snowing! Now it is sunny and about 30̊. Although my Birthday did go from being in the Spring to being in the Fall (or Autumn as they call it here) so I think I traded down. For my Birthday Regan (Ryan’s sister) drove up from Sydney, a 2 hour drive. The 3 of us went to a park called The Blackbutt Reserve. It is a free national park, you have to pay $5 for parki ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Newcastle

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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