Tasmanian Devil

Sydney, Australia

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November 28th 2007
We left Johannesburg a week ago on Friday and arrived in Sydney on the Saturday night - a delay with the flight meant that we arrived in Australia later then planned (some problem with one of the aeroplane engines...then the plane was too heavy, so 8 tonnes of cargo had to be unloaded, but fortunately this didn't include our luggage...and then we had to wait for a storm to clear). Anyway, stayed a ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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