Sydney Opera House

Sydney, Australia

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April 21st 2007
4/13/07 Took a 1 hour flight to Sydney at noon. Spent the rest of the afternoon touring around. We hit up the Botanical Gardens, Hyde Park, Sydney Opera House, Circular Quay, and had dinner at Darling Harbor. Upon our arrival here, we instantly fell in love with it. It’s a beautiful, clean city, with lovely parks and surrounded by the harbor, and also just a short distance from some beautiful b ... 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