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fresh air and spiders...at last!

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August 31st 2006
We spent an extra day in Sydney seeing Oz natives such as sharks and platypus in the aquarium. All very good, although I'd like to see one in the water for real, as opposed to always behind glass... But the best bit of the holiday so far has been the Blue Mountains. I was won over from the first meal there, a delicious thai meal with my favourite thai fish cakes, yummy. Just what was needed ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Katoomba

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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