Statues in Hyde Park

Back again

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May 13th 2007
So here I am back in Sydney again. It's good to be back and lots of people I have met along the way are here too so v nice to meet up with them again. I stayed in Base Hostel a chain around Australia and New Zealand but it was horrible. Quite dirty (not compared to Asian standards) so I decided to go back to Wake Up, the first place I stayed in when I arrived in November. Carina is also staying t ... 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