My Country poem about Australia written 1904 by Dorothea Mackeller

Day 31 - Cairns to Sydney (10 January)

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January 10th 2013
Miracles often occur in pairs and today saw us up and at 'em really early. I was so determined that we wouldn't be so stressed at the airport that we left the hotel at 9:45 for a noon flight. What I hadn't taken into consideration was the fact that the airport was a mere ten minute drive from the hotel. So we hung around the airport for well over two hours. The coffee wasn't too bad. The flight ... 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