Sydney Opera House

bats and pearly whites

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July 26th 2008
Nice sunny day today so was off out and about. First 'port' of call was Darling Harbour where I wandered around and looked at the boats and harbour then strolled along and found myself in Hyde Park, sydney style - gorgeous trees and parrots flying about all over the place and these crane things, with a long curved beak - must get a picture. Continuing the nature theme I found the Royal Botanical G ... 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