Land ahoy!

Touchdown!

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February 4th 2007
Hi everyone! Well... I'M HERE!!! On a side note, the US Customs dude at YYZ was actually PLEASANT (i.e. jokey, jokey, smiley, smiley). Surely the Holiday Gods are smiling on me. This bodes well for the remainder of my trip I'm thinking. After a 22 hr. plane ride, and a slight delay in LAX due to some idiot getting off the plane at the last minute (= security breach, findin ... 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