About to feed the sharks

First day in Sydney - The Aquarium

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January 19th 2011
There is not too much of a time difference between Australia and Hong Kong. Depending on where in Australia it is about 5 hours behind. We flew through the day on another 747 plane into Sydney. Sydney is not the capital of Australia, Canberra is. Sydney is in New South Wales. This is located at the bottom right hand side of the map of Australia. Most people think that Sydney is the capital ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Darling Harbour

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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