Getting ready to race

Giant Rubber Ducks

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November 30th 2011
Jo had an early start with our flat mate Jess today, as they went to watch the 8am rubber duck racing in Darling Harbor. The V8 Sydney 500 Races are on at the old Olympic Park at the weekend so the V8 drivers have been signed up for some local publicity stunts in the week leading up to it – this was one of the more embarrassing ones. The rubber ducks were inflatable’s about 3metres tall which ... 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