Japanese Gardens

Australia: Sydney to Melbourne via the NSW/Victoria Coast

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May 27th 2011
First off, our apologies in not keeping up with our travel blog for the remainder of our trip – needless to say, Internet difficulties made our “blog-keeping” quite difficult. However, we do plan to finish the blog, despite the fact that we are currently back in Steamboat Springs. We will likely write the blog in present tense from time to time, but don’t be fooled because we are not sti ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Hyde Park

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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