View from Forresters

4wd tour and High Tea

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February 13th 2021
This morning Kevin continued looking over the island in his hire car. I took a 4wd tour of some sites around the island. We visited Flagstaff for a view over the cliffs. We saw a felled Norfolk Island pine and you could see the dissection of it which showed the hollowness of the trunk. A good indication as to why they are not used as telegraph poles. Simon’s Water, the last 50 acre grant, al ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Norfolk Island » Cascade

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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