View from the Botanical Garden

G'day Mates

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December 30th 2014
G'day you Pomms, we are no longer swallows we now have the title Pomms although it does definitely not have the same ring to it! Anyway the flights were all good and on time, we were offered an upgrade to business class for an extra £300 each, needless to say we declined, it's economy class all the way for us! Having landed, got to the hotel and dumped our stuff it was 3 ish in the afternoon. W ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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