New Parliament

The Australian Capitol in the capital

February 20th 2006
Russell - After working all week we decided it was time we got out of “the city” and to see some more of this great nation, so we hired a car and headed for a weekend in the capital city. No, Sydney isn’t Australia’s capital city. No, not Melbourne either! We spent the weekend in Canberra. Canberra is a good three hour drive out of Sydney, so we wanted to be off early to make the most of ... read more

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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

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Lindsay Clarke

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We are Lindsay and Russell, both from the UK. After living for (quite a few!) years in London, we decided that we had had enough, and spent 11 months travelling around the world like we always wanted to! Our route took us through South-east Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore), Australia and South Pacific (New Zealand, Fiji, Rarotonga) and North America (LA, British Columbia and Alberta, Toronto and Montreal, New York). Unfortunately our trip had to end (why?) and we have now moved to lovely Leeds in West Yorkshire where we have settled for the foreseeable future...... full info

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