Me, with Palm and Whale Beaches in the background

Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

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October 18th 2001
Today we were off to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Ku-ring-gai Chase is the second largest public area within the Sydney metropolitan area (the Royal National Park is 171 hectares larger). Lying just north of the city it stretches from Brooklyn and West Head in the north, to North Turramurra in the south and features some of the most secluded coastline in Sydney. The park is centred around C ... 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