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Sydney

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December 31st 2008
We have now arrived in Sydney - its amazing. We are staying in Parramatta which is approx 30hr from the harbour by boat. We stayed in the Courtyard for the 1st two nights. On NYE we meet with Laura and Dean in the afternoon as they arrived the same day as we us. We caught the boat into the harbour which was great as the views of the opera house and bridge were out of this world. After having a lit ... 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