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Sydney and the New Vegemite Spokesman

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October 4th 2008
October 2, 2008 After 14 long hours, five movies, and little sleep in a winged sardine can, we arrived in Sydney at 6 A.M. Customs went quickly, we got some colorful money in the ATM, then hopped on a shuttle bus and found our hotel, Mariner’s Court in the area of Wooloomooloo, our first funny sounding Australian name and the only word I know that has 8 o’s. We are near the wharf where the n ... 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