What an Ass!

The Urban Voyage

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March 10th 2007
Fully rested and ready to take on Sydney, Gene and I ventured out of our hotel toward the marina, Darling Harbour. People of young and old strolled about the wharf, taking in the warm sun and quayside scenery. Eyeing the sign for Sydney Wildlife World, I tugged on Gene’s shirtsleeve like a child, insisting that the new attraction might just be the place for me to cuddle a koala and take home m ... 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