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February 27th 2010
Feb, 27, 2010 My first trip to Sydney...certainly not my last. One doesn't accomplish childhood dreams every day but on that particular Saturday I had the pleasure of saying I did. The first glimpse of the Opera House was in the realm of a utopian unrealistic dream more than an actual tangible experience. After wanting to see this structure for over a decade and a half, it certainly did not ... read more

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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