Christmas dinner

A Hot Christmas Day

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December 25th 2006
Thankfully the weather finally sorted itself out and we managed the obligatory English ex pat christmas down under. Christmas eve was spent wandering around the city centre, which was a bit on the quiet side with almost nothing happening bar a group of keen carol singers , singing their hearts out to a crowd of fifty. But its pretty nice to see the harbour lit up. Still not feeling very festiv ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Coogee Beach

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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