Opera House

View from the Harbour Bridge Pylon

February 12th 2007
We flew with Virgin Blue from Brisbane to Sydney (as we arrived at the airport early they changed us to an earlier flight, which worked out well for us). Another lost hour later (Queensland is 10 hours ahead of UK wintertime, New South Wales and Victoria are 11 hours ahead), we arrived in Sydney to find it had been pouring with rain the past few days. This had stirred up a political storm here, as ... 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

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Sally & Jason Knight

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"Following the light of the sun, we left the old world.", Christopher Colombus After 15 years combined service at Philips, it was time for a couple of qualified management accountants to have an adventure that didn't involve spreadsheets. Above all, it was time for a new challenge - no, not getting home in daylight, but seeing a bit of this beautiful world we live in. After promising ourselves countless times, this would be the year we did it, we eventually headed off on our hard earned career break on 19th January 2007 to travel for 4 1/2 months, taking in : 6 wks Australia 4 wks Ne... full info

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