Opera house

Sydney

---

May 23rd 2005
Sydney was heaps of fun! We (me & Bridie) arrived at the airport in the morning and caught a train into town to the U.S embassy. We had to go through 2 security check points where they searched through every compartment of our packs. But after sitting around for ages we had a quick interview and it was all sweet and we picked up our J-1 4 month visa the next day. We stayed in a suburb called ryde ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

---

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