Ayers Rock at sunset

An Opera House, a Harbor, and a BIG Rock

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March 31st 2008
We got on our plane in Tahiti on March 25th...but we arrived in Sydney Australia on March 27...we missed a whole day while in the air! Sydney, Australia is a wonderful city, and everybody spoke ENGLISH!!!!! You just have no idea how much you feel comforted by the sound of English until you are without it for a few weeks. We got off the plane, cruised through customs (they were ripping everyo ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Uluru

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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