Opera House at Sunset

What a City!! What a Beach!!

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August 16th 2007
Rachel and Eleanor spent a fab day in Sydney and took the ferry to Manly Beach. The night we arrived we walked to the dock and had a lovely (and expensive!) meal by the water. The next day was sunny and sort of warm (for winter!) and we set off sightseeing about 11am (late for a Kirby adventure!). We took the rough ferry across to Manly Beach and went walking, eating and sunbathing for the a ... 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