day 5

Nelson Bay to Coff's Harbour

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March 21st 2008
We leave Nelson Bay today. I really like it here, and hope I can come back one day. Spent a lovely half an hour sitting on "my" garden swing and listening to the birds. It is hard to convey in words just how loud they are! Loaded up the car and said thankyou and goodbye to the couple who run Port Stephens Motor Lodge. After a bit of stress, we got back on the Pacific Highway, and headed n ... 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