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December 24th 2005
22.12.05 After our 3 hour flight we arrived at Sydney airport. We had to wait ages for the shuttle, after about 45 minutes it arrived and dropped us outside the hotel (near Paddington) that we were booked in as of tomorrow. First impressions of the hotel/hostel were not good. Dirty kitchen and rooms. We managed to get a bed for the night in a 4 bed dorm which only had one other guy staying in it, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Sydney Airport

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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