Night Shots of Sydney

To Sydney and the Blue Mountains

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February 16th 2010
Well, this is it. Our final stretch in Australia. We are leaving Myall Lakes for Sydney. For once it didn’t rain during the night and it was nice and sunny when we got up. The benefit of this is that the tent and the ground sheet were dry for the 1st time whilst we packed them away. This was a good thing as we won’t be using them again for about 3 weeks until we get to Christchurch at the end ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains

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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