A Pagan and the Apostles

Up Over Down Under

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March 23rd 2007
Alighting in Australia after being in Southeast Asia is, strangely, a minor culture shock. A profusion of blonde after all that black hair. And the tangy accented English over the intercom at Sydney airport: "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, flight -- now boarding..." I need to adjust to this, and the high prices. $3 for a bottle of water, that's what I paid for a big breakfast yesterday! I' ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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