Blue Mountains

Alone on the East Coast of Oz

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July 12th 2005
Successfully arrived in Sydney after leaving Sara behind in Auckland. We decided that we both wanted to do and see a few different things so it was better to separate and do our own thing for a few weeks before meeting up again in Alice Springs. My first challenge in Sydney was negotiating getting to the hostel and despite questionning a shuttle bus several times I was still conned!! I had op ... 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