The botanic gardens

Late for the Opera (House!)

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August 17th 2009
The train journey was pretty funny, there were Devonshire cream teas available, unfortunately they sold out before our carriage, gutted, so we had to make do with lots of coffee and biscuits. Considering how long the journey was the train pulled in exactly on time, very impressive! We got a cab to our plush ‘serviced apartments’ we had booked, it was meant to be in posh Potts Point but was act ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Potts Point

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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