Waving Farewell from Sydney Bridge

Setting Sail

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March 12th 2012
We made it into Sydney, just. They closed Highway 5 that we were travelling on as there had been an accident and Ken Ken didn’t want to know about taking an alternative route so with the aid of the compass on our iphone, we somehow managed to get to where we needed to be. Having dropped off the car we needed a taxi to get to the ship but looking like a reasonably tidy version of ‘The Clampit ... read more

Oceania » New Caledonia

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Settled by both Britain and France during the first half of the 19th century, the island was made a French possession in 1853. It served as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation for independence during the 1980s and early 1990s has di... ... read more