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Zoo Adventure!

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October 13th 2006
Once again, people are waiting to use the computer and, once again, I'm super tired so this will have to be brief. Today we went to the Taronga Zoo here in Sydney. It was super cool, but Sydney is experiencing a heat wave right now so it was suuuuuuper hot. I don't know how hot it was in actual degrees, but we were drenched in sweat before we even arrived at the gates. We took the train to t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Newtown

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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