St.Mary's Cathedral

Ausie adventures, part one.

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December 18th 2008
Sunny Sydney! Well I've had my first week in Sydney, Australia. I spent the first two nights in the city and did some sight seeing generally getting my bearings. I went to the botanical gardens last Wednesday and thoroughly enjoyed the open space and greenery, I was craving that after Hong Kong. The gardens were beautiful and lead down t ... 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