Sydney - beaches, beauties and... mountains? Photo 1

Sydney - beaches, beauties and... mountains?

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August 14th 2009
We didn't have enough time to do Sydney justice, but what we did see we liked. Just a short bus journey from the centre you are on one of the city's glamorous and scenic beaches, or 2 hours away on the train are the stunning but misleadingly named, Blue Mountains. Sydney is a huge cosmopolitan city. Its foundations were built on a policy of liberal immigration and, although these days the rules ... 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