P1011009

Christmas and New year

---

January 24th 2009
So I arrived back in Sydney very early on 22nd December. The coach stop at Central station was literally across the road from my hostel so no problems finding it. Wake Up was to be my home for the next 10 days. Because I couldn't check-in until later I took a trek further into the city. I hadn't been in from this direction before so just walked and ended up at Darling Harbour. It is lovely here, l ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

---

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