ANP Tower View

The Sights and Wildlife of Australia

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August 14th 2006
For our last day in Sydney we got the ferry across to Taronga Zoo. We concentrated on the Australian section of the zoo, given that Whipsnade Wildlife Park is not far from where we live. Once we got back to Sydney we went to the top of the Centrepoint Tower, now the AMP Tower. It was quite frustrating trying to get to the top and then down again as the lifts were so unbelievably slow. We were i ... 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