A big lizard during our Manly walk

More Sydney & the Blue Mountains

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March 11th 2010
Before visiting yet another great country (New Zealand), I had a couple of more days to spend in Sydney. I planned it that way, because the weather was not so good when I was in Sydney the first time, so I thought that I'd save some of the sights until the end of my Australia trip, hoping for better weather. The weather was better, luckily! Last year, I met a Canadian girl via couchsurfing, who ... 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