Harbour Bridge

G'day mate!

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December 16th 2005
I am FINALLY here in Australia! Arrived on Thursday and my friend Alf picked me up at the airport. I was thoroughly amused that I had not heard about the riots in Sydney shortly before (but after all, I was in LA and on a Fijian island...). At any rate, he lives in Cronulla a few blocks away from where it all took place. As he and his flatmate said, never before has Cronulla been so famous! ... 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