Christchurch

Christchurch to Sydney

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November 29th 2003
I was up at 7am today. I’d set my alarm as I didn’t want to miss everyone leave. Had a quick shower, a couple of breakfast cereal bars and shot off downstairs. No one had stirred, so I went for a quick walk around town. I hadn’t taken any photos of Christchurch, so took some of the surrounding area of Cathedral Square. It was still really quiet everywhere. However, when I’d got back to the ... 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