Beachage

Closer each day, Byron Bay

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February 23rd 2005
Hi all I am in summer bay. expect to bump into Alf or Ailsa. Well its sort of life summer bay only with more backpackers (they're everywhere!) and fewer caravans. Everyone here seems to be about 18 years old and on a gap year. Its a great place though. Amazing beaches (it's very hot) and loads of restaurants and drinking holes. Though it does remind of my pre-sixth form trip to Tenerife. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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