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Port Macquarie - a very quick stop! (08.10.12 - 09.10.12)

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October 20th 2012
We arrived in the early afternoon into Port Macquarie on the Greyhound from Newcastle, it'd been an early start in order to catch a bus from the Hunter Valley to Newcastle. We were met by someone from the hostel we were staying at. The hostel wasn't necessarily the nicest we stayed in, there weren't enough pans in the kitchen for example, but it was one of the best run places, and we h ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Port Macquarie

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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