Life in Sydney

      Hello!

The last couple of days we have had so much fun and experienced a lot. The following days after we arrived in Sydney we have visited Bondi beach, the Sydney opera house and the Sydney Aquarium. We have driven over the famous Harbour Bridge, and spent the evenings in the streets of Sydney. Sydney is actually the most populous city in Australia.
The Bondi beach is really big and has perfect sand and perfect waves for surfing. We almost felt like we were on TV, because of the beautiful landscape and because a few TV-shows has been filmed here (Tv-shows like Home and away!).  We tried to surf, but surfing is really hard. At the Sydney aquarium we walked through something called the ocean tunnel. We saw fish from all over Australia swimming right above us, we have never experienced such a thing before and I have been to several aquariums around the world.
We have eaten a lot of barbeque since we got here; wherever we go there is a barbeque diner with big steaks and "mystery bags"(sausages). I think we will miss eating real australian barbeque when we get home.

In Australia everyone speeks English, but English was not Australia`s main language several years ago. Sydney is the oldest city in Australia. Australia has been a British colony, and it all started in Sydney. James Cook (A famous explorer from England) went to Sydney and declared Australia a British colony. It was named New South Wales. England decided to send British prisoners to Australia in 1787. After the discovery of gold in Australia more people from England immigrated to Australia. Then Australia got another language: English!
The aborigines and the Englishmen have had a lot of conflicts. The aborigines lost their land when the Englishmen arrived, and many of them died of illness. They have been discriminated. The world of today is improved, and equal rights are very important.
 The authority of Australia has apologized to the native people about the way they have been treated, but still there is a lot of discrimination of them and a lot of the aborigines are poor. Many of the aborigines are unemployed and some kids drop out of school. Statistics shows that most of the unemployed people in Australia is aborgines. Still, things have improved and it seems like the conditions are changing for the better. The authority of Australia hopes for a new start between the aborigines and the aussies

 Well it is a brand new day tomorrow.  Tomorrow we will fly to Hamilton Island and see the Great Barrier Reef (The trip takes 2 hours and 30 minutes.). We have enjoyed our last day in Sydney!


Good night!

HANNA

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