Count Down

Escaping Again - Counting down the days

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May 17th 2009
Most of you know that Lorenza and I grabbed an air ticket bargain - two for the price of one to Frankfurt. There were two catches to this discount ticket ... 1. We originally planned to travel in September, but had to change this to depart at the end of May, 2. We had wanted to be away for about 4 weeks, but had to extend this to almost 7 weeks as we could not get an earlier return flight on t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains

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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