cocktail night with the girls

Farewell Sydney

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June 1st 2011
Hi all, today I leave Sydney and start my journey up the coast for four weeks! Am very excited but not looking forward to the 12 hr coach journey overnight to Byron Bay. This is my first stop - a small town famed for its surfing and partying lifestyle. Am excited but have heard the weather isn't fab at the moment - infact for the last 2 days in Sydney we have had torrential downpours and there ... read more

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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