The seaplane takes off

Alarms, Zorro and a flight to lunch

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November 30th 2006
We didn’t get the peaceful, uninterrupted night’s sleep that our bodies were desperately in need of. About 1.30am, Fi woke me up saying that an alarm was going off in the room. I sat up and tried to wake up, without much success. I checked the interactive, touch screen phone that controls everything in the room to see if I’d accidentally set the alarm - no. I checked my phone alarm - no. I ... 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