8th stop Australia part 1 2 Sydney

8th stop Australia part 1

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October 27th 2008
Now in Australia & starting our final month. We spent the first week in a hotel in Sydney. It was in a perfect situation, walking distance from Circular Quay, Sydney Opera House, Darling Harbour, the city centre & the Sydney Tower. We had to change the clocks again on the first night there. We begin to forget what the time is back at home & have to check with people when we’re in touch with the ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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