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Christmas Eve on Cockatoo Island

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December 24th 2011
We took a ferry across to Cockatoo Island with Andy and Jess, in search of an open air bar that they have on the Island over the summer.<span><span><span><span><span><span><span> Unfortunately we arrived to discover that they had decided to close on Christmas Eve without telling anyone! <span> Fortunately this proved not to be a problem as there was ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Cockatoo Island

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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