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Crimbo at Coogee

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January 30th 2010
COOGEE, SYDNEY! Us and ALL of our bags and arrived, sweaty and totally knackered with blistered hands (from carrying the heavy bags laiden with wine) at the Medina Apartments in Coogee, Sydney on Wed 23 Dec. We must have looked a right state as we walked into the swish apartment block that Alan booked for us to stay in over Christmas. I frantically tried to justify our appearance, explaining ... 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