Ballina 120509

Ballina

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May 8th 2012
The first thing we saw when we drove into Ballina was The Big Shrimp.<span><span><span><span><span><span> Argh!<span> I refuse to take and post photos of these monstrosities as I simply hate them.<span> Before finishing up my job in Melbourne, a colleague asked whether we would be doing the big things on our trip.<span> I replied yes, thinking ... read more

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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