Taronga Zoo

Sydney

---

April 23rd 2009
Today I took a cruise around Sydney harbour starting from Circular Key with a stopoff at Taronga Zoo where I saw my first examples of Australian wildlife including the expected Koalas and Kangaroos. I finished reading The last oil shock which deals with the idea of "peak oil" which is basically that oil production will peak in the next 10 y ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Darling Harbour

---

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