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So Long, Sydney!

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December 17th 2016
I am now in Cairns, which is about a 3 hour flight north of Sydney. After the roommate debacle the first night in Sydney, I was excited as the second room seemed much calmer. To keep a long story short, I had a young girl from West Virginia in my room who woke up with a start, with no pants on (zero anything actually) stumbled down from the bunk above me and vomited in the shower. She then st ... 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