Opera House

24 hours in Oz

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July 11th 2008
We arrived in Sydney stupidly early in the morning after a sleepless flight from Singapore. Our hostel was in Kings Cross which is certainly an interesting area. By the time we had collected our luggage, cleared the surprisingly friendly customs and caught a train and bus into Kings Cross it was about 7am, exactly the same time all of the revellers were stumbling out of the clubs and into taxis ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Kings Cross

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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