Sydney Opera House

Welcome to Sydney

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January 24th 2011
We took a taxi to our posh hotel called the Marriot, we were on the 25th floor (again). We had a great view of the harbour. We took a ferry to Taronga Zoo where we saw cassowaries, kangaroos and a baby elephant (and more). We caught another ferry to Manly Beach and watched the surfers there, they were very cool. We swam but had to be careful of the blue bottle jellyfish. We caught another ferry ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Harbourside

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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