Palm Beach

HAPPY NEW YEAR

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January 1st 2006
Well I saw the New Year in from Sydney which was my second life times ambition, and how amazingly worth it!!!! (Pictures to follow when I work out how to upload them and find somewhere that will let me do it. So, I arrived in Sydney on Monday 26th December and although i was pretty exhausted from my flight headed straight to Circular Quay to see the Harbour Bridge and take a tour around the Ope ... 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