reasons to be happy

Reasons to be happy! We are home!

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July 10th 2009
Reasons to be happy? ... 1. Home is such a good place! 2. Our pooches are back with us! 3. We have jobs to save for our next trip! 4. Bud burst will soon happen on our vines! 5. Winter here is not so cold! 6. Summer is coming! 7. I feel so much better that I have given up smoking! 8. We will miss all our friends (new and old) but we wil get to see them again - we hope! 9. Life is good! ... 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