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Arrival Jervis Bay

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February 26th 2007
Jervis Bay is lovely. After a drive to the large botanic gardens we paid for our campsite at the national park gates and headed to the campsite which is in a forest right by the beach. It is very wild - toilets but no electricity. There are 'wild' kangaroos but they are very used to people so very tame. The birds similarly are fearless. The beach is of gorgeous white sand with very clear water. T ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Jervis 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