Jumpin Beaches

Getting a Tan

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March 27th 2008
Nicky: I should have known in Australia that showery and overcast still means a full day on the beach, temps at 25 degrees plus and a slight hint of rain overnight. The bad weather of the Easter weekend never really materialised and we have spent the last few days gradually growing a lovely shade of brown!! We have passed through so many little seaside towns and alongside so many white sand/blue s ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron 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