Our first sight of Sydney Harbour Bridge

Birthday weekend in Sydney

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May 28th 2015
We saw Sydney straight away at its best by keeping our travelling hat on. Jon, our host, told us to take a taxi to Mosman from the airport. We opted for the train to Circular Quay and the ferry across the harbour to Mosman Bay. A public bus waits for the ferry to take you up the hill to Central Mosman. We had landed at 6am from Darwin and the sky was already blue. Like most visitors in the digital ... 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