The beach by the motorpark at Coffs Harbour

Australia

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November 13th 2008
The problem we’ve found with Oz campsites is that you have to be out by 10am otherwise you get locked in behind the boom gate. NZ had a 10am check out rule but it didn’t really matter if you left a bit later. It means by 9.30am we’re in a mad rush trying to pack our bed away, lock up the cupboards and move all of our stuff off the worktops before we get going. This morning was no excepti ... 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