Sydney

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January 26th 2014
We arrived at 7 am after another overnight flight ( nine hours) on Saturday. We decided to go on the city tour to get our bearings around Sydney which took us to see all the main sites and down to Bondi beach.as well. It was really blowing a gale there and the waves were huge. Of course the place was full of young surfers doing their thing, but after serious thought we decided not to join in!!! ... 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