Knapsack Bridge

The nature reserve and the beach...

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January 15th 2008
We got off to a slow start today, enjoying a bit of a sleep in. We got out of the house at 9:30 and went to Featherdale Wildlife Park. They only have animals native to Australia there, so it was a good walk around. Penny got to touch a kangaroo and a koala bear. They had interactive caged areas, so there were animals walking all over the place. There was a sign up there, "don't feel sorry for ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Palm Beach

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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