DESTINATION NEW SOUTH WALES

In the journal covering his survey of the eastern coast of the Australian continent, the then Lt. James Cook (later Captain James Cook) first named the east coast of Australia 'New Wales', which he later corrected in his journal to 'New South Wales'. The original inhabitants of the area were Aboriginal tribes who arrived in Australia approximately forty to sixty thousand years ago.

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DESTINATION SYDNEY The first European colony in Australia, Sydney was established in 1788 at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip who led the First Fleet from Britain. Built around Port Jackson, which includes Sydney Harbour, the city has been called the Harbour City. It is Australia's largest financial centre and is also an international tourist destination ...

DISCOVER SYDNEY: Bondi Beach, Chinatown, Coogee Beach, Darling Harbour, Luna Park, Manly Beach, Port Jackson, The Rocks, Sydney Cove, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House, Whale Watching, ... see all Destination Sydney

THE BLUE MOUNTAINS The Blue Mountains are not as the name suggests a range of mountains but rather a series of cliffs surrrounding a plateau with rugged eroded gorges of up to 760 metres depth. A large majority of the Blue Mountains is incorporated in the Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage Site ...

DISCOVER BYRON BAY Byron Bay is a town in the state of New South Wales on the eastern most point of the mainland of Australia. The town is the nucleus of Byron Shire, which has in excess of 30,000 people. Captain James Cook named Cape Byron after circumnavigator John Byron, grandfather of English poet Lord Byron ...

DISCOVER COFFS HARBOUR Coffs Harbour is the hub for a thriving banana industry. One of the biggest attractions is the Big Banana, the first of Australia's Big Things (it celebrated its 40th birthday in 2005), with the World's Largest Banana celebrating the region's best known export. There is also a popular underwater diving spot on a small natural reef ...

ROYAL NATIONAL PARK Royal National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 29 km south of Sydney CBD. Royal National Park contains a wide variety of terrain. Roughly, the park moves from coastal cliffs broken by beaches and small inlets to an ancient high plateau broken by extensive and deep river valleys. The river valleys drain from south to north ...

THE HUNTER VALLEY The Hunter Valley is a major tourist destination in New South Wales. The Pokolbin area has a large number of vineyards, restaurants, shops, golf courses and country guesthouses. Other parts of the valley are also well known for wine. The Upper Hunter area around Scone is one of the largest horse breeding ...

DISCOVER TAMWORTH Tamworth is nationally famous as the Country Music Capital of Australia, annually hosting the Tamworth Country Music Festival in late January; the second biggest country music festival in the world. The city is recognised as the National Equine Capital of Australia and was also the first place in the Australia to utilise electric street lights ...

DISCOVER THREDBO Thredbo Village and ski resort is in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. Thredbo is about 500 kilometres south of Sydney, accessible by the Alpine Way via Cooma, Berridale and Jindabyne. The village is built in the valley of the Thredbo River, formerly known as the Crackenback River, at the foot of the Ramshead Range ...

DISCOVER WAGGA WAGGA Wagga is known as The Garden City and The City of Good Sports due to the large sporting culture and large list of sporting greats that are from Wagga. Wagga is a Wiradjuri aboriginal language word meaning crow and to create the plural, the Wiradjuri repeat the word, therefore 'the place of many crows' ...

DISCOVER WOLLONGONG Known affectionately as the Gong, Wollongong is a city with a long history of mining and industry, having coal mines, a steelworks and an industrial port. The city also attracts numerous tourists each year, and is a regional centre for the South Coast fishing industry. The local University of Wollongong is internationally recognised ...

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