Byron Bay Lighthouse

Travel Blog-12 to 18 May(Iluka to Toowoomba)

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May 18th 2008
Well we have made Queensland and are now at Toowoomba,a city about the size of Tauranga.We stayed a couple of nights at New Brunswick just north of Byron Bay and explored BB and surrounds-a back packer's paradise by all account.The water at BB was as clear as I've seen sea water.We then headed across the border and inland to a small town Canungra and stayed 4 nights.We used this as a base for two ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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