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Byron Bay / Nimbin

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April 15th 2008
We arrived in Byron Bay after another night bus. We'd managed to sleep on this one on account of the many jumpers and make shift pillows we'd bought with us. When we turned up at our hostel early morning our friends were waiting there for us complete with another friend Claire who'd we met and travelled with in New Zealand. Our Hostel the Arts Factory was this really relaxed hippy commune style ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay

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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