The bridge

Oz

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January 15th 2011
After a quick, very un-Christmassy Christmas in Singapore, eating Subway sandwiches and watching Harry Potter in our hotel room, we were feeling all Asia’d out so we boarded the plane on 27th December bound for Sydney in excitement and great anticipation (if only for the luxury of the aeroplane itself – free drinks? I’ll have the bubbly thanks!) We landed shortly before midnight and rocked ... 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