Sydney

Fall Break Part Two

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April 9th 2010
Sydney is by far my favourite place in Australia (aside from the beach about 10 minutes from my apartment). After a four hour flight from Cairns, we arrived in Sydney in the afternoon to be met by weather that is reminiscent of a Minnesota autumn. The leaves are just starting to fall from the trees there, and you sometimes bake in the heat and other times need a sweatshirt. Wednesday, March 31s ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Sunshine Coast

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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