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December 30th 2012
We took a three day trip with Paul and Dom to see the blue mountains. We hired a car from Sydney airport and drove out of the city, which we navigated using the old school technique of a map, although we did have to resort to Paul's phone for periods. (I have added a map with our route for people who are interested). Our first stop was the Olympic Park, which was in surprisingly good condit ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains

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

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Hazel & Mark

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We are taking a year to travel around Southeast Asia. We fly out to Australia on the 17th Dec and will spend Christmas and New Year staying with family in Sydney. We are then going to fly to Auckland and spend a couple of months in New Zealand before returning to a round tour of Australia for another couple of months. By May time we should be back in Sydney and will then plan the rest of the tour of countries including Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam... (Apologies in advance from Mark for the inevitable spelling mistakes).... full info

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