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Goodbye Sydney - G'day Hamilton Island

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January 4th 2008
Today was the day that we were to say 'Goodbye' to Sydney (for the time being) After the exhausting day yesterday we reluctantly woke early with screaming calves and feet, and had to do all our packing as we had to check out by 10.30. I took charge of the packing (now there's a shocker - I am after all my Dad's daughter!!) and I managed to cram everything in both bags. Even though we had not bo ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Hamilton Island

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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