A natural?

East Coast Beginnings: Sydney to Byron Bay

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February 28th 2009
Having just arrived in Surfer's Paradise on the Gold Coast, I realised it has taken me three and a half months to get out of New South Wales and visit another Australian state. Over the past two weeks or so I've started my east coast journey, 'finished off' NSW and am ready to see the delights Queensland has to offer. Being back in Sydney for three nights, I booked into a King's Cross hostel wi ... 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