Manly Beach

G'day Folks!

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March 11th 2008
Neil: Hello everyone. I hope you are all well. We have finally arrived in Sydney and what a place. Our plans are to stay in Sydney for a few days and then we pick up our "Hippie Campervan" and head off to Melbourne to see the Grand Prix - so we're both really excited about this part of our journey. It also nice to understand the language - Asia is hard work in some places when nobody speaks t ... 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