Sightseeing Bus

Friday 18th February - Sydney

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February 18th 2011
First full day in Sydney - We decided to take the Sydney Explorer, which is a double decker open topped bus. The bus is hop-on/hop-off and with its 25 stops takes you all round the city visiting all the major sites. This was a good decision as we saw all of the city without too much walking being involved. Sydney is by far the biggest city that we have visited, so exploring it all on foot was not ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Harbourside

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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