botanical garden

sydney 27/12-3/1

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January 3rd 2009
Arrived back in Sydney ready for new years. Stayed at heathers for the week, which was really nice as all her friends and house mates are really easy to get on with, although it did involve quite a bit of drinking. While we were back in Sydney we did a little bit more sight seeing. First we returned to the botanical garden after realizing that it was much bigger than we had thought and we had miss ... read more

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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