Big Banana

Australia's Eastern Point

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October 8th 2008
October 8, 2008 We are having a tough time planning our routes. It’s not trying to figure out where to go, it’s trying to decide where NOT to go. There’s just not enough time to do all we would like. Today our choices included beautiful beaches, fun little beach towns, lush rolling farmland with avocado, macadamia nut, and banana plantations and sugar cane fields, rainforest preserves and ... 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