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Days 13 to 15 - chilling out in Sydney

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April 13th 2014
Quick update from Sydney after a couple of systems glitches (so no photos at the moment) and of course our great escape from Cyclone Ita. You probably saw it on the news, it was pretty bad over the Solomon Islands before hitting the coast north of Port Douglas although thankfully it quickly lost energy as it passed over land. The airport closed at midnight on the Friday so we probably could have g ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Sydney Harbour

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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