Our house for the weekend

Lee's Birthday - Blue Mountains

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May 9th 2008
Everything we have done for the last three months has been the last time we will see this or the last time we will do that, before we leave. This month, it would be the last time that either of us would have a birthday in Australia. It was to have been a joint birthday party, as Claire has the same birthday as Lee, however Claire was leaving us to go to New Zealand a few days before the big day bu ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains

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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