Biking to the zoo

1st Aussie Job: Hunter Valley YHA

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December 6th 2008
With resources quickly being drained amidst the booziness and bright lights of Sydney, myself and another BUNACer, Mandy, decided to do some WWOOFing we'd stumbled across during our earlier visit to New South Wales' premier wine-growing (and tasting) region about 2.5 hours North of Sydney. WWOOF stands for Willing Workers on Organic Farms and involves a few hours' graft per day in exchange for ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Hunter Valley

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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