Fireworks over Sydney Opera House

January 1st 2007
Hello 2007! I joined the one million or so revellers surging around the Sydney Harbour Bridge in time to witness the famous firework display. It was the largest pyrotechnic display ever in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the bridge's opening. Getting a good vantage point was impossible so we scrambled up to above the Rocks area and could see the bridge side on. My photos a few years a ... 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

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Linda Scott

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Hello, welcome to my travel blog. About me - well to cut a long story short, I left England when I was 20 (a Barnet girl) travelled first to New Zealand for a year where I enjoyed life as a postie around Auckland’s streets (as at that time English people had a bad reputation for being too casual about employment) and it was all that was on offer. I loved it and got very fit, first on foot, then bicycle. Then on to Australia for the next 30 years or so. Occupations included housekeeper on sheep station in outback Queensland, secretary for mining company in Mt Isa, scriptwriter, promotions... full info

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