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Grant and Rae's Oz Trip Feb/Mar 2014

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March 8th 2014
Blue Mountains visit today.....also Featherdale Wildlife Park - will add details tomorrow. At Sydney airport awaiting our flight to Cairns........weather not looking too good up there! Back to yesterday.........set off in "overlanding" truck, driven by Troy, who works Mon to Fri at Allianz and drives at the weekend for fun! Took scenic route out of Sydney and passed the 2000 Olympic site ... 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