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Aquarium and Opera House

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April 3rd 2006
Today we went to the Aquarium! It was so good! There was a huge sting ray which you can walk under, and a really big crab! They had a shark section, seal section and a great barrier reef section which was beautiful. I touched a shark! it was only about 15 inches though! The sun was out today so we had lunch by the harbour, then we caught the ferry on it. Once off at Circular Quay (where the Oper ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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