Walking through Hyde Park

Walking Tour of Sydney

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November 25th 2011
There is a free walking tour of Sydney which leaves from just outside Town Hall (about 2 mins from the flat) twice a day, every day so we decided to check it out and learn a bit more about the history of Sydney. We headed to the Anchor at Town Hall at 2.30pm where we met our tour group. The tours were started a couple of years ago by a Sydney student who asks people to make a donation at the e ... read more

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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