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Sydney weekend 2013

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May 31st 2013
This year we were unable to get travel insurance for Ash, so rather than staying home we decide to hop over the ditch and visit Sydney for a long weekend and also celebrate Steve's 50th birthday at the same time. We left Auckland on Friday morning at 8:00am flying Virgin Australia with only carry on luggage (the ONLY way to travel) and were sitting in our room at the Hyde Park Inn by 10:30am ha ... read more

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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