big cattle country in NSW

new plans

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October 18th 2012
This week we having been staying on the farm of a Canadian friend on Woodford Island on the Clarence River near Grafton, NSW. I cannot understand why he is not here full time. It is so idyllic. On the veranda we look out over the 20 or 40 resident Kangaroos grazing in the front yard. There are Macadamia nut farms in front of that and then in the distance we see the sugar cane fields. The plethora ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Grafton

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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