Historic Armidale

New South Wales road trip

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January 6th 2007
Tom and I hired a car and set out on the ambitious journey of Sydney to Bryron Bay via Broken Hill. Day one was Sydney to Katoomba in the Bluie Mountians. First off we had to get from the hire place to the hostels Tom and I were staying at. This is easier said than done when in a strange city and a strange car. I got shouted and sworn at a few times as I stalled in the middle of junctions bu ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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