Byron Bay (part I) 120515c

Byron Bay (part I)

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May 12th 2012
Byron Bay.<span><span><span><span><span><span> Where to start.<span>Here is what the Lonely Planet has to say about it: “Byron Bay’s reputation precedes it like no other place in Australia.<span> It’s a gorgeous town where the trademark laid-back, New Age populace lives an escapist, organic lifestyle against a backdrop of evergreen hinterla ... 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