the long reef headland

Pat and Kerry's

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December 2nd 2007
Sunday finds us just north of Sydney, overlooking Collaroy beach, at cousin Pat's house. It rained all morning yesterday, but cleared up later, so we took the dogs along the headland, checked out the local golf links, and looked at some original old homes. ... 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