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25th October. Mum's 50th Birthday...

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October 26th 2010
Awake at 7:30 and not to the sound of rain. Mum woke up to her flowers and balloons and then sat outside and opened her presants and cards. Left the van at 8:15 on our jouney to Sydney Harbour Bridge. We had one bus to Blacktown and then the train into Sydney Central. We walked down through the shops to The Rocks and eventually found the Bridge Climb starting point. We got on to an earlier climb ... 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