Blue Mountains

Life in Sydney

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January 13th 2009
Hello everyone from Gold Coast, Australia. I'm writing this as I sit in my living room of my apartment on the 12th floor of Meriton Hotel. My classes do not start until Monday, the 19th, so today my time was spent at the beach. But we need to travel back in time to last week in Sydney! I have so much to tell you. Let's see... Here is the short version of what I did: Monday- left USA Wedn ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gold Coast » Broadbeach

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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