Bobby in the Botanical Gardens

G'day From Down Under...

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August 22nd 2006
G'day everyone! It is great to read everyones comments. We would first of all like to congratulate Janet and Keith for winning the 3 months quiz and so we hope you will like the thai present for your thai conservatory. Since writing last, we went to Khorat and we saw our oldest temple yet (10th centurary) and it was beautiful (see pictures). We spent the next 5 days before our flight to Australia ... 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