Sydney Opera House

March 20 – Sydney (Arrival and Departure)

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March 20th 2014
Today we officially ended our cruise around New Zealand, but we started another cruise up the East Coast of Australia. Technically this is now our 10thcruise. It is the first time we have taken a back-to-back cruise and we enjoyed not having to deal with the activities of leaving the ship. The final two days as sea were very restful and should appeal to the traveler wh ... 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