Breakfast in Sydney....

Hello from Vegas

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November 7th 2005
Well, we're finally ready to wind up our trip in Australia, and boy was it eye-opening! When last we wrote, we were in Airlie Beach getting ready to take a bus trip to Brisbane, en route to Sydney to ready ourselves for Asia. The bus ride from Airlie to Brisbane was approximately 17 hours, and while we had the opportunity to hop off at any time we decided to power through. Honestly, by this poi ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Moss Vale

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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