Sydney Opera House

Australia - Sydney and Melbourne

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April 16th 2007
We landed in Sydney late on a Monday night. Rebekah has a friend who lives in an area called Kings Cross, so we hopped on a subway and headed over there. Turns out that Kings Cross is the red light district, and Anthony lives in the very center of it. Not only that, we were told that Friday and Saturday nights are popular with tourists, but only the truly skeevy venture out on a Monday night. So, ... 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