SAM_0596

Sydney, Australia

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March 9th 2013
Dear Grace and Mag, Didn't really have the best start in Sydney to be honest...nothing really went wrong but I was jet lagged (took me 3 days to get over that), it was raining a lot for the first couple of days and the people in my hostel were not my cuppa tea. A lot of them were there long term and had jobs so weren't interested in involving new people that much - just interested in s ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Opera House

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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