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Sydney and Australia Day

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January 28th 2014
On our way to Sydney we took a small detour from the main highway by following the old highway passing several lakes which were directly located next to the ocean. The landscape was very beautiful and many Australians seemed to make holidays here though we wanted to make our way to Sydney the same day and therefore continued after making only 3 short stops in a small town, at Cape Hawke lookout an ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Manly

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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