A view from our Watsons Bay walk

I've seen that face before

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January 13th 2009
We didn't realise until we were at Melbourne Airport, flicking through some papers (as you do) that we were arriving in Sydney for opening night of the Sydney Festival. While we were in the air with phones switched to 'Airplane' mode we got a text from our friend Chrissie saying that she'd pick us up from the airport. Weren't really expecting it so we hadn't turned the phones back on, so we didn' ... 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