The Rocks....and our friend the umbrella

Rain, rain, rain....ten days in Sydney and a travel curse strikes

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July 6th 2013
It was a very soggy week, and Sydney was not at her finest. Typical - out of town guests and it rains. And rains, and rains! My mother and sister, Susannah, arrived in Sydney on the first day of rain that we'd had in ages. It was my sister's first visit to Sydney, so I was keen to show her all the highlights. I wanted to show off Sydney's beauty, but uncharacteristically the city would ... 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