Yacht race

Just Darling

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January 15th 2009
Sydney continues to entertain us. Got the ferry over to Manly just in time to hear the shark warning, a 4m White had been spotted about 400m offshore. Australia is in a bit of a shark panic at the moment, or so it seems from the more sensationalist section of the media. Locals that I have spoken to assure me that there actually aren't any more about than there ever are, but you wouldn't take tha ... 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