Sydney Festival

Manly Beach and Sydney Festival

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January 12th 2008
I caught a ferry over to Manly today with Sarah and her friend, Kim. The beach was packed. It was really hot today so we didn't stay on the beach for too long. Manly is a really nice place, we went for a walk through the centre and had a look in some of the shops and I had a delicious white chocolate and rasperry ice-cream. There was a jazz show in the Domain, at the botanic gardens, tonight as pa ... 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