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Sydney's Olympic Park

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June 2nd 2008
Sydney's Olympic Park was amazing! For those of you who don't know I am a massive Olympics fan. 😊 The Olympic Park site used to be a wasteland and they totally restored much of it to it's natural landscape. They finished building 8 months ahead of schedule, the best of any Olympic hosting city, and ALL athletes and participants were housed in the Olympic Park housing. Cool eh? I checked ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Olympic Park

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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