Feeding Basil & Cybil

Socialising in Sydney

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January 24th 2006
Flying in to Sydney, we had no idea when we were going to land until we hit the runway. It was raining SO hard. Out of the plane and into the wet 40 degrees C! Lena was there to meet us and drive to their lovely house on the North Shores in Frenchs Forest. After all that camping, we finally had a bed to sleep in! Hurrah! We spent the next few days catching up with Lena & Ewan, the tamest wild ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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