Convict "uniform"

Signing-off from Australia

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December 27th 2011
I have one full morning left. Kristy’s working and so I venture out alone. It’s early-ish (before 10) so museums and such are not yet open. I head straight to the Royal Gardens, binoculars strung around my neck. It’s quiet out today, the Boxing Day shopping crowds have exhausted themselves, many folks are still on vacation and staying home with family, and most tourists have yet to rise. I m ... 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