Beach ouside our hostel

First day in sydney

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August 30th 2008
Arrived in sydney thursday night Everything was fine. Weather is quite cold but still nicer than endland! Got up dead early friday morning to go and see sydeny. Had breakfast on the beach. Got the bus into the town and got off at the wrong stop so ended up walking for miles till we found the harbour and the opera house. Then we realised we were in the wrong place again and walked to darling harbo ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Coogee Beach

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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