Queen Victoria Building

Sydney, Botanic Gardens, The Rocks & Thor

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November 4th 2013
Geo: -33.8645, 151.216We slept in, had a cuppa, then went to our favourite breakfast haunt (almost regulars) before making our way down George Street on foot. Visited the Queen Victoria Building which has been restored and filled with upmarket shops. It retains its tiled mosaic floors, stained glassed windows and old clocks, lighting etc (never been in such posh loos). The central feature of the ... 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