The view we woke up to!

Christmas and New Years Eve in Sydney

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January 29th 2009
Hi Everyone, sorry it has been a while again. After leaving Western Austrlia we flew across to Sydney to spend Christmas and New Years eve there with James' family. We stayed in a beautiful house right on the water in a suburb called Avalon. Christmas was very different to any Christmas we have had at home. Christmas Dinner was a bbq outside and it was a lovely hot day! Definately a good way t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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