Sydney harbour bridge and the opera house

Arrived in Sydney!

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November 29th 2006
We woke up this morning on the plane, a couple of hours from Perth. We landed at Perth airport during a rain storm and transferred to the domestic terminal. Then it was onto another plane for the 3 hour hop to Sydney. We were both feeling pretty tired by this point, and the flight seemed to go on forever. But eventually, we came into land at Sydney airport. We jumped into a taxi and headed of f ... 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