Dear old Daddy Chris

New Years on the Rocks!

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January 3rd 2006
The exhausting planning and panic about where to go for New Years nearly got the better of the whole Parrot crew, but as usually happens, we discussed and deliberated endlessly, but never got anywhere and before we knew it we were trudging down to The Rocks, by the side of Harbour Bridge, at 10 in the morning, pic-nic and booze in bags, hoping to get a good spot to watch the fireworks. I think the ... 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