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Sydneyside up

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April 24th 2006
Having escaped the rain in Melbourne we reconvened with Ken and hop along, I mean Alison, in Sydney and felt the welcoming sunshine on our faces as we settled into what is undoubtedly the most instantly identifiable city in Australia. Wow! Sydney has a lot to offer. Like a psychedelic supermodel the city curves and sways through a glamorus maze of lazy bays, sandstone headlands, quirky islands an ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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