Hans and me at Kuringai

"A City of Boats" : Lingering in and around Sydney

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October 5th 2010
Travel Days 29 - 32 I have just woken up to my fourth day in Sydney, Australia and expect that I will be spending some more time in its evirons when I meet my Australian mate Jon (one of my best mates in Thailand) and his wife sometime today. Four mornings ago I flew in from Melbourne and checked into a local hostel near the Central Station which has a rail feeder from the airport. I am stayi ... 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