Picnic on the beach

Beautiful Sydney

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December 8th 2006
Hi all, we have just realised how far behind we are on the blog having put the date in we arrived in Sydney! Well straight to it. After asia Sydney has amazed us and certainly hit a chord. Loads to do and lots to see we soon realised we'd not left enough time to do what we wanted. Oh well, there'll always be another time. We spent the first night in Sydney prior to going to the blue mounta ... 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