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March 14th 2012
Sydney - at last. The drive up from Melbourne was fantastic. Really green all the way. Rich, lush forest all the way down to a beautiful blue sea. What a beautiful place Australia is. Sydney itself seems a really nice city. Nice, big shiny skyscrapers. Clean. Vibrant. Lots of beautiful people. It's split up into districts with familiar names such as Paddington, Kings Cross, Haymarket and ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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