CIMG0540

China town and the botanic garden

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July 11th 2012
<span>We woke up to a sunny Sydney.<span> In the morning it is was a little windy but it soon died down.<span> After breakfast and the obligatory coffee from the coffee shop on the corner we walked down to China town.<span> It was only a few blocks away from our hotel.<span> As we arrived around half past nine the first shops where slowly opening and we saw many A ... 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