Sydney Harbour Bridge

The final days

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November 5th 2005
We arrived in Sydney on Nov 3rd. After such interesting navigating, we managed to find our hotel/apartment building. It was about a 10 minute walk from the outskirts of downtown. For those that know Vancouver, picture you apartment being on Hastings, just one block before Hastings turns into the really bad part of town. On Thursday afternoon, after checking into the hotel and taking a little ... 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