cross walk

First Impressions in Sydney

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June 17th 2009
I made it down to Sydney all safe and sound! After my little visit in LA I had a 12 hour flight from LAX to Auckland New Zealand and from there another 3 hour flight to Sydney. The flights weren’t nearly as bad as I thought they were going to be. I watched a few movies and slept a lot. I arrived here at 8am Sydney time on Tuesday morning. When you fly here you cross the international date line, ... 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