Time for those resolutions that last all of 12 hours

Sydneysiders

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January 7th 2007
Having arrived slightly crumpled from SE Asia we were glad to get to a country where we could speak the language and cross the road in relative safety again. Sydney, and specifically the suburb of Glebe where we stayed, did not disappoint. On our first full day there we caught up with much needed things, food shopping, getting our haircut and buying small fake Christmas trees, all good. We were sl ... 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