Sydney Harbor in the Winter

Apart from the Opera House, this was not the Australia I had been expecting.

August 13th 2000
I've been thrown back into winter. It gets dark around 5:30. It was raining today and it felt like London around late February or early March. It's weird. I don't even feel like I am in a foreign country. Like when I am in the United Kingdom or Ireland I am aware that I am a foreigner in a foreign land. But here in Sydney I feel like one of the crowd. There is also none of the reverent respect tha ... read more

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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

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I am 41 years old. I am currently living in New York and enjoying my life as a semi-retired teacher. Although I spend a most of my time in domestic tranquility it is my aim to take one major solo trip each year. My three most recent journeys are a pilgrimage through the Holy Land, a crazy month in Cambodia, and a return to India. Life is one gloriously unpredictable mess. My travels have taken me to many different places and I hope to experience and venture out to many more. I have filled in many of the gaps between my 2000 graduation up until today. Well apart from the five years living in... full info

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