Sydney June 2010

More catching up to do on places I've been.

Everyone knows what a truly great city Sydney is. Friendly people, nice climate, and stunning location.

This was one of my very first goes at a photowalk, well it was sort of successful.

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The City's modern history started in 1770 when Captain Cook landed in what is now called Botany Bay. In January 1778 Arthur Philip arrived with the first convict ships, found that Botany Bay was unsuitable for a colony and so went one inlet further north.

There he founded Sydney, named after the then British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney. Sydney Harbour is more properly called Port Jackson. Sydney became a real city when it incorporated on 20 July 1842.