Sydney Skyline

Downtown Sydney is only a few hundred feet from the water. Many people commute from surrounding communities by ferries that dock at a wharf only a few steps from the downtown area. Population of greater Sydney is about 3 million. It's the olest city in Australia, the site where the English brought in the boatloads of convicts who were the first settlers in the late 1700s. America was no longer available for getting rid of convicts, so they sent them to Australia. Many were sent for crimes such as stealing a couple of silver spoons or a loaf of bread. Their descendants appear to be doing pretty well!

Sydney, Australia

February 18th 2005
We have just spent the last three days in Sydney, which is the longest our beautiful ship has stayed anywhere. Often we are in and out of a port the same day, from early morning till about sunset. But Sydney is such a beautiful place, we stayed here much longer. As you can see from our pics, it’s the home of the famous Sydney Opera House that gives the harbor such distinction. It’s hard ... 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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