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Our day in Sydney

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June 17th 2007
End of week two - prepping for the next step We are nearing the end of our tour of New Zealand and Australia. It has been a fantastic two weeks. We have seen many things we had hoped to see and have been surprised by many more things that we did not expect to see or did not know about. The Sourthern Cross remains big on the list along with New Zealand's Fijordland National Park - a must ... 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