An Ancient Land and Peoples The bustling type of globe-trotter would, of course, spend only a few hours in Sydney, because it is a city without a past, although there are some trees near by which were in existence long before many of the abbeys, castles and chateaux of older lands. If one believes in …
Is it safe to swim at Manly Beach? Then came a day when I discovered in a most dramatic way that the seas which wash the beaches are tropical waters. Thousands of people were struggling out against the succeeding lines of surf and throwing themselves on to the crests of the big waves, to be …
All the Australian State Capitals are situated on or within easy distance of the sea; the climate of the whole continent is conducive to a life in the open air for the greater part of the year; the majority of the population, both in town and country, live within fifty miles of the ocean; its …
And we’re bound for Botany Bay An hour’s drive from Sydney by electric car brought me one afternoon to Botany Bay, and I realised by what a narrow margin of both time and enterprise it was that Australia became an English Dominion instead of a French Colony. At La Perouse, on the north shore, the …
I first met Australia coming through Sydney Heads. She is young and bronzed, with every movement eloquent of a great land of the great outdoors. A little sailing boat danced by on the sparkling waves far below the lofty deck, from which a few minutes later the scene changed to the magnificent sweep of Port …
