Brisbane 01

Back in Sydney

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March 23rd 2007
Well, I have arrived safely back in Sydney, which can only mean the following; I did not get eaten by a shark, I did not get stung by a jellyfish, I did not get eaten by a crocodile, I did not get bitten by a snake or spider, nor did I collapse due to heat exhaustion at Ayers Rock (that, however, would have been impossible, but more about that later). The past week or two since my last blog entr ... 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