Angie & Monica under the Brolly

WOW ... Sydney NYE!!!!

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January 30th 2010
NEW YEAR'S EVE 2009 Although ever so slightly fragile from the previous night we awoke to the 6am alarm and continued with the preparations for the day. From our numerous inquiries we had discovered that in order to get a spot, right at the front, next to the Opera house bar (which is where we had determined the best view was to be had) we would need to arrive at Circular Quay before 8am! We had ... 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