Byron lighthouse

Rain and hippies

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August 13th 2008
Our next stop was Byron Bay, mecca to the backpacker world, a very spiritual place full of new age travelers, old and young hippies, surfers and lots of backpackers. The Aboriginal Australians were first to feel the pull of the area, apparently they told stories of an enlightening place with healing powers and spirituality. It is also home to the most easterly point on Australian mainland. When ... 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