Australia Day, Sydney fireworks

Sydney, Australia

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January 27th 2015
We arrived in Sydney to be greeted by heavy rain...which hasn't stopped for more than 20 minutes since then...24 hours on! The day before we came it was dry and 35C today it's 24C. However we had a great time with Alesandra she showed us lots of short cuts to places of interest and we walked from Circular Quay to the Botanical gardens, past Government House and viewed the Sydney Harbour Bridge and ... 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