Coogee Bay

First trip to Sydney

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May 28th 2006
This was our first weekend in Sydney. It's certain to be the first of many - for a start the shopping is not that great in Canberra! Sydney is about a three hour drive from Canberra along the Hume Highway. It's quite a scenic drive (the first time, at least!) - lots of countryside and trees (and more trees), the odd kangaroo and the huge (and completely dry) Lake George. For this first weekend ... 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