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Australia Part 2 - Enjoying City Life and Beating the Aussies

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February 20th 2007
The 2nd half of Australia started in spectacular fashion by celebrating Australia Day in Brisbane. As the saying goes “when in Rome”, so we did as the Aussies did - drink a lot. We all put on the gold and green hats and celebrated Australia Day with every other Aussie. They say it’s bigger than Christmas over here and as far as I could tell all you do on Australia Day is get very drunk and c ... 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