Out at the Botanical Gardens

Back to the Beginning

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November 16th 2008
I arrive in Sydney for the second time on Wednesday morning. It was sad to leave the Hobday family, but I intend to keep in touch, so you’ll never know when I’ll see them again. I’m meeting Lea in Sydney and we’re going to go the Blue Mountains a few days later. I have this image in my mind of what these few days will look like - I’ll relax because I’ve seen most of the sights and w ... 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