Third Roomie, George and Me

Sydney

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April 20th 2008
I spent one week in Sydney, and unfortunately most of it was in the rain. The great thing about Sydney for me was that I had many different links to friends, as well as friends of friends. Elle was a friend in Chicago, who moved to Sydney four years ago. Elle took me on a great afternoon of sight-seeing on my first afternoon (ha!). We stopped at the famous Sydney Opera house bar to overloo ... 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