koala at the hospital having lunch

sore heads and tired feet

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May 13th 2006
yesterday was cool, it was still raining, but we explored the city a bit more, and dodged the showers. we bought a city hopper ticket to use on the trains and stuff. we went on a ferry to manly island, and it was a nice trip past the opera house and the bridge, its weird cos the opera house is not really white like we thought it was , its more of a yellowy brown colour - still an amazing building ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Kings Cross

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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