The Que outside Tea Garden New Year Day

Bondi: A Great Place to Call Home

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January 27th 2009
Seven months in Sydney is by far the longest we have stayed in any one place since we left Dublin a year ago. What kept us here for so long? Lack of money and place to work is the obvious answer. Another is the Sydney trap with so many people coming over to Australia and failing to see much outside of Sydney. Initially we planned to earn some money and move on but it’s easy to see why s ... 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