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Greetings from Australia

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March 30th 2014
Hello all! We are here in Australia, about an hour's drive north of Sydney at the home of Martha's brother, Doug, and his wife, Anne. After several days of rain which matched our jet-lagged mood, the sun has burst through and we have begun sallying forth. We have been to Botany Bay where Capt Cook landed in 1770. Good for the British, not so good for the Aboriginal people. We visited a nea ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Ettalong Beach

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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