Christmas Eve on the Beach

Merry Christmas from Down Under

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January 18th 2009
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Australian Style Christmas was quite different this year as we spent it in the Australian summer sun. Quite a few people from Shanghai headed to the snowy parts of the US for the break, and I was a bit envious. But Australia was a good remedy for that! We had almost two weeks there, split between Sydney and the coast of Queensland. It’s suc ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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