NYE 1

Sydney Day 11

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December 31st 2009
It's the end of another year and we'd decided to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks at the Botanical Gardens. Guess what - it was cloudy and misty again when we looked out the apartment window. The gates opened at 10:00, so we made some sandwiches and packed our bags at walked through Hyde Park again to the Domain car park. Got to near the Art Gallery ignoring not realising the queue on the car ... read more

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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