Rocks

Byron Bay

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March 12th 2010
Over the short journey to Byron Bay we changed states from Queensland to New South Wales, and went forward an hour as the south of Australia uses daylight saving in their summer. We stayed 3 nights in Byron Bay and really liked it, possibly our favourite place in Australia. As well as having a massive sandy beach with brilliant surf, the town itself was really pretty with lots of little boutique s ... 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