Holly tickles the ivorys

10 days and still counting...

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September 15th 2008
Still counting down the days... but now it's really close. Just 10 days to go before we leave. I am very excited but suddenly time is moving very slowly... Holly continues to think that it's all "ages away" and to be very blase about the whole thing. Thank goodness I'm getting this in before her 13th birthday. I think we're in for a bumpy ride! I've loaded some photos of Brian and Hannah - I k ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » West Ryde

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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