Wow - view from the top of the canyon in the Blue Mountains

Sydney Sojourn

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April 8th 2006
Australia is great. We’ve been having a ball since we arrived. It’s really funny because we feel like we’re just on holiday for a couple of weeks, not scummy travelers. It has been amazing having Stu's friend Scott’s apartment to ourselves while he’s off doing his traveler thing too in South America - thanks a lot mate! I think we have been getting into the creature comforts a bit much ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Coogee Beach

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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