Byron Bay
Apr 28th 2011, 2:58 am
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Byron Bay
worth a visit or not? I don't mean to lie on a beach, but more along the lines of it being where the first boat landed etc etc, are there any musems or anything?
Apr 28th 2011, 3:02 am
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Re: Byron Bay
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Apr 28th 2011, 3:05 am
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Re: Byron Bay
its basically treated like Ibiza to the backpackers....like Cairns.
Apr 28th 2011, 3:47 am
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Re: Byron Bay
I think you may be confusing Byron with Botany Bay. Byron is lovely, hippy, nice beach kind of place - not a museum kind of place. But worth a look.
Apr 28th 2011, 3:54 am
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Re: Byron Bay
Fairly sure the first known (European) landing happened in 1606 by Willem Janszoon, at what is now known as Cape York in Queensland.
A later landing was by Abel Tasman in 1642, and that was in what's now known as Tasmania.
Finally James Cook made landing in 1770, at what became known as Botany Bay in Sydney.
Apr 28th 2011, 4:08 am
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Re: Byron Bay
Byron Bay where the first boat landed?
Fairly sure the first known (European) landing happened in 1606 by Willem Janszoon, at what is now known as Cape York in Queensland.
A later landing was by Abel Tasman in 1642, and that was in what's now known as Tasmania.
Finally James Cook made landing in 1770, at what became known as Botany Bay in Sydney.
Fairly sure the first known (European) landing happened in 1606 by Willem Janszoon, at what is now known as Cape York in Queensland.
A later landing was by Abel Tasman in 1642, and that was in what's now known as Tasmania.
Finally James Cook made landing in 1770, at what became known as Botany Bay in Sydney.
Apr 28th 2011, 4:13 am
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Re: Byron Bay
Byron Bay where the first boat landed?
Fairly sure the first known (European) landing happened in 1606 by Willem Janszoon, at what is now known as Cape York in Queensland.
A later landing was by Abel Tasman in 1642, and that was in what's now known as Tasmania.
Finally James Cook made landing in 1770, at what became known as Botany Bay in Sydney.
Fairly sure the first known (European) landing happened in 1606 by Willem Janszoon, at what is now known as Cape York in Queensland.
A later landing was by Abel Tasman in 1642, and that was in what's now known as Tasmania.
Finally James Cook made landing in 1770, at what became known as Botany Bay in Sydney.
Apr 28th 2011, 4:20 am
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Apr 28th 2011, 5:24 am
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Re: Byron Bay
Singing Tooral liooral liaddity
Singing Tooral liooral liay
Singing Tooral liooral liaddity
And we're bound for Byron Bay
Singing Tooral liooral liay
Singing Tooral liooral liaddity
And we're bound for Byron Bay
Apr 28th 2011, 6:04 am
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Re: Byron Bay
Byron Bay was where the first BONG landed, not boat.
There are plenty of "museums" celebrating this a little further inland in a town called Nimbin
There are plenty of "museums" celebrating this a little further inland in a town called Nimbin
Apr 28th 2011, 6:09 am
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Re: Byron Bay
Imagine the poor tourist rocking up to Byron met by a bunch of dreadlocked rastas and wondering where all the history was, no statues of Royal Navy Men or James Cook
Apr 28th 2011, 6:13 am
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Re: Byron Bay
The wonderful Sutherland Council that manages this land always talks of doing something, but as yet, its still pi** poor.
Apr 28th 2011, 7:49 am
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Re: Byron Bay
But actually...there is almost nothing at Cook's first landing spot in Botany Bay either, just a small tower thing with a sign! There is not even a proper car park or information centre.
The wonderful Sutherland Council that manages this land always talks of doing something, but as yet, its still pi** poor.
The wonderful Sutherland Council that manages this land always talks of doing something, but as yet, its still pi** poor.
Apr 28th 2011, 9:54 am
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Re: Byron Bay
Don't think so, the nuddy beach is about 20 miles further south, on the southern edge of the Royal National Park....near Stanwell Tops.
Most of the Kurnell end of Botany Bay (where the landing spot is) is taken up by the Caltex oil refinery.
Most of the Kurnell end of Botany Bay (where the landing spot is) is taken up by the Caltex oil refinery.
Apr 28th 2011, 10:09 am
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Re: Byron Bay
On the other side near La Perouse.