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School

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December 19th 2006
Today we chilled out during the morning, rather than go on one of our usual midday heat route marches. One thing to make everyone aware of - when we crossed the border from Queensland down into NSW we had to put our clocks forward one hour. We had forgotten about this - NSW are on Daylight Saving Time like the UK! So today we spent the afternoon at School studying hard! Surf School! The p ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay

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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