Scotland Island

Saturday in Sydney

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March 1st 2008
We're having an absolute ball! Bit tired tonight, after a long eventful day. I went surfing/bodyboarding at Manly beach with Steve early this morning and then we had breakfast at a cafe facing the beach. After this we stocked up on some fruit & nuts and drove north to a place called Church Point, where we caught a ferry to Scotland Island. This small island is about 400m offshore and has about 100 ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Manly

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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