Brisbane Bugle Blower

SYDNEY, BRISBANE AND TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA

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March 4th 2011
We have cruised into Sydney Harbor a dozen times and it is always a thrill. This time there was more anticipation than usual as we had to wait an hour for the pilot to board and take us into port. But that extra hour allowed us to enter at daylight instead of in the predawn darkness. Since two of the Cunard Queens were already in port we were docked around the bend at Darling Harbor instead of ... 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