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Scanning the horizon for whales, Port Macquarie  
   

Scanning the horizon for whales, Port Macquarie

Week 48 Coffs Harbour to Port Macquarie - OZ

August 17th 2010
I spotted the giant “Big Prawn” as I left Ballina and 3 hours later the Greyhound bus skimmed past the “Big Banana” at the side of the Pacific Highway as we entered Coffs Harbour. There are dozens of these giant edifices all over Australia usually attached to cafes or pubs, which is about as exciting as they get unless you are strangely turned on by tons of gaudily painted fibreglass. T ... read more
Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Port Macquarie

Australian Flag 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
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