Lake Macquarie

Messing About On The Lake

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August 2nd 2010
Our last full day in Newcastle was spent on the lake racing round on a hired speed boat. It seems much harder to get onto the water here as you need a licence and insurance before going anywhere. The weather was not the best and the girls had soon had enough leaving the boys to play around on thier own. Lake Macquarie is the largest salt water lake in the southern hemisphere and host lots of lakes ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Newcastle

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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