Prawn Trawlers in Iluka Harbour

Budgewoi to Murwillumbah - Family Reunion

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July 16th 2006
It always takes longer than you expect to pack up. Sylvia thought we would be away by 0900; I thought 1100 was more realistic. We finally hit the road at 1300! The five hour drive to Macksville was uneventful but tedious. The downside was that we arrived in the dark and the temperature had dropped to 7 degrees (all temperatures in this blog are in Celsius). We managed to get the camper set up in ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Murwillumbah

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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