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The Land Down Under - Sydney & Port Douglas

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February 17th 2007
After a relatively easy (8 hr) flight from Singapore Airlines we arrived down under. Wow, can't believe we have arrived in Aussie, home of Aussie Rules Footy, the saying of "Good on you Mate" and the land of politically incorrectness (I love the "tell it as it is approach"). Sydney We spent (5) nights at the Leisure Inn Suites in Kings Cross (good location, and inexpensive for Sydney - just ... 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