HELLO 2009! 2009!

HELLO 2009!

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January 1st 2009
Lorenza and I were really organised with our celebrations to see in 2009. We booked a hotel on the northside of the harbour many months ago, with the promise of harbour views and a short walk to some great vantage points to see the New Year fire works on Sydney Harbour. We took the two hour train trip to Sydney, with Lorenza spending the time doing sudoku and me just gazing out the window wond ... 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