Sydney Opera House

Sydney

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July 26th 2013
The night bus from Byron Bay to Sydney was quite a long ride with little sleep but we had just arrived in Sydney, Australia's most raved about city so we were going to make the most of it. Once off the bus we jumped on the underground to our hostel in Kings Cross. I was a bit weary of staying in Kings Cross as its known as being pretty seedy but the hostel HQ Backpackers was the nicest by far ... 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