Eileen and Vic, by the picturesque Narrabeen Lakes

Sydney CBD

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October 13th 2001
Woke up at about 8am this morning, which is late for me. Eileen and Vic were both up and dressed, so I thought I’d better get up too. We started the day off, with a long morning walk to Narrabeen beach, which I suppose was about a brisk half-hour walk away. Narrabeen Beach is famous in it’s own right, being the only Australian beach mentioned in the lyrics of a Beach Boys song! On the way ba ... 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