The opera house at night

May 26th 2006
Sydney Aquarium Back in Sydney and we visited the Aquarium, where we got to see our very first duck-billed platypus! These are freaks of nature, with bills and webbed feet like ducks, but fur and claws like digging animals. They are one of only 2 mammals which lay eggs (the other's the echidna, also only found in Oz), and they have to shut their eyes when they swim underwater so they use ... 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

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Eleni and Eric

Quest for the Golden Carrot

Let's face it, travel diaries are boooring! No-one cares that you spent 59 hours balanced on top of a train holding onto the goat you hired, or that you had to wake up at 2am in order to trek up the local hill with your 15-year-old tour guide Chang. Sad but it's true. Well my friends, this diary is different. You see Eleni found a treasure map in her attic. It talks of a mysterious magical Golden Carrot, the ultimate vegetable-based prize! Legend has it that the owner of this Carrot becomes inundated with offers of full-time employment, and so we are giving up the traditional method of job ... full info

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