the botanicle gardnes and my first sight of the opera house

My first week in Sydney and due to the crappy whether all i seem to do is spend time in a bar!

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February 19th 2007
10th September Well i woke up early at about 4 to catch my taxi and set off for Singapore airport for my flight at 6am and hung around the airport got the mandatory Mcdonalds and then got on my plane and slept pretty much all the way to Sydney as the films on the flight were rubbish. I arrived in Sydney and it was raining and bloody cold, afte 2 months in the heat of Asia it was a bit ... read more

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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