View from the jetty

A Short Day Trip

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October 3rd 2015
Ashleigh: We decided the morning would be a great time to take a day trip to Port Macquarie. We weren't really sure what we wanted to do there, and we stupidly didn't bring our swimmers, which we regretted later on. Port Macquarie is only about 45 minutes from where we were staying in Harrington. We left at about 8:30 and arrived by 9:15. The first thing we did - very un-tourist like - was go t ... 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