New Year's Eve

A desperate place

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January 9th 2007
I left Perth in a disappointed state of mind following England's capitulation in the cricket, but was happy that my personal suffering was over and I could forget about the Melbourne and Sydney tests and instead concentrate on having a good Christmas and New Year in Sydney. Of course that was before I arrived in Sydney's Kings Cross area to meet up with Matt Richards. I had been to Sydney befor ... 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