First beers in Sydney!

We are in Australia!!!!

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January 15th 2011
Our first sight of Australia was of steep cliffs over a gorgeous blue, foaming sea and a wide expanse of green forest. Hardly the barren, red, desiccated desert we had imagined. Allan, in the first of his many favours to us, picked us up at the airport. “Welcome to Australia mate, took you bloody long enough!” Indeed, nine years had passed since he and I had first met in London, both temping ... 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