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4. Sydney - Brisbane

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March 16th 2007
After spending 4 days in the Blue Mountains, it was time for us to start making our way up the Australian East Coast. I've decided to split this into 2 parts: Sydney to Brisbane and Brisbane to Cairns. I'll spare you a lot of boring stories (actually, I probably will) by firstly listing all the places we stayed at and visited then I'll try and pick the best bits (including some amazing Harry Potte ... 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