On the road again - Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and the Great Ocean Road
October 31st 2006 Sydney was chilly and cloudy when we arrived in Australia from NZ. Enough to make anybody grumpy. We spent a few days in the city - the highlight of which was breakfast at bill's. Then on our third day we caught the ferry to Manly and by the afternoon and return trip, the sun was breaking through the clouds to give us a taste of things to come. We enjoyed a spectacular sunset over the Opera House
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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 
