A silly photo

Day 251 - More excitement than we can handle

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March 10th 2007
Gemma’s relatives bought us a climb up Sydney Harbour Bridge for a wedding present, so that’s where we headed this morning. It’s an incredibly well-run trip with a lot of attention paid to safety detail - the private company that had the initial idea of running these climbs had quiet a job to convince the authorities that nothing would get dropped down onto the passing cars far below. So we ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Darling Harbour

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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