Sydney Opera House

Australia 2013 -Mon 25 Feb to Fri 1 March

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March 1st 2013
Left London 25 February and landed Sydney 27 February - no birthday this year so I am not a year older! Stayed in Coogee Sands, just outside Sydney for three nights. Arrival day just walked Coogee and Bondi Beach, but weather a bit cloudy. Day 2 visited Sydney, the opera house and bridge. Again weather overcast, but still warm. Day 3 went to the Blue Mountains, a 2 to 3 hour drive from Sydney. ... 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