In the Reef

So Long and Farewell!

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August 5th 2010
The time has come to say farewell…. Today I sit in Sydney packing my well used backpack to head back to NYC. I’ve had the time of my life and I can’t believe that I have been gone for 4 months. So for my final blog I’ll try recap this amazing trip and fill you on my final weeks here in Australia. Last week I did one of my bucket list items and that was to the dive The Great Barrier Reef ... 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