The Central Business District (CBD) from the Botanic Gardens

Sydney - Australia.

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February 5th 2007
I'm on a roll now! Trying to catch up with the blog as much as possible before we hit Asia in a couple of days. After Melbourne we had to get ourselves to Sydney. When you look at a map of Australia and look at the different places it is really hard to comprehend just how far apart everything is. Melbourne to Sydney doesn't look too bad but when you get on an overnight coach for 12 hours and tr ... 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