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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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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 ...

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Discover the Australian Reptile Park, Popular Tourist Destinations in Australia Discover the Australian Reptile Park, Popular Tourist Destinations in Australia AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PARK
The Australian Reptile Park is located at Somersby on the Central Coast. It is about 50 kilometres (a one hour drive) North of Sydney, and is just off the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway. The park is home to a variety of reptiles, including snakes, lizards and crocodiles, as well as other Australian animals, such as kangaroos, cassowaries and Tasmanian devils ...

Discover the Blue Mountains, Popular Tourist Destinations in Australia Discover the Blue Mountains, Popular Tourist Destinations in Australia 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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Featherdale Wildlife Park, New South Wales Featherdale Wildlife Park, New South Wales FEATHERDALE WILDLIFE PARK
Featherdale Wildlife Park is an Australian zoo in Doonside, Sydney. Located on seven acres of what was once a poultry farm, Featherdale Wildlife Park opened in 1972 and has won the best Major Tourist Attraction award in 2005 and 2009. From the initial greeting at the Park's entrance by our resident 'swaggy' holding his pet joey Kangaroo ...

Hunter Valley, New South Wales Hunter Valley, New South Wales 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 ...

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Jenolan Caves are caves in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia; 175 kilometres west of Sydney. They are the most celebrated of several similar groups in the limestone of the country being the oldest discovered open caves in the world. They include numerous Silurian marine fossils of great interest and the calcite formations, sometimes pure white ...

Jervis Bay, New South Wales Jervis Bay, New South Wales DISCOVER JERVIS BAY
Jervis Bay is a well known recreational fishing and scuba diving destination, with tour operators departing from Huskisson and amateurs using boat ramps at bayside towns and camp sites. Popular diving sites include: The Labyrinths, Gorgonian Wall, Point Perpendicular, a Fairey Firefly aeroplane, scallop beds, Middle Ground, Ten Fathom Reef, and Bowen Island ...

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Kangaroo Valley is a valley along the Kangaroo River in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia, located west of the seaside in the City of Shoalhaven. The small town has several arts and craft shops and galleries, several restaurants and cafes, a hotel and licensed bowling club, one post office, one grocery store and two real estate agents ...

Kiama, New South Wales Kiama, New South Wales DISCOVER KIAMA
Kiama is a township 120 kilometres south of Sydney in the Illawarra, New South Wales. One of the main tourist attractions is the Kiama Blowhole. The seaside town features several popular surfing beaches, caravan parks and numerous alfresco cafes and restaurants. It is the first country town south of Sydney, and attracts a large number of day trippers ...

Port Stephens, New South Wales Port Stephens, New South Wales DISCOVER PORT STEPHENS
Port Stephens is a large natural harbour located about 160 kilometres north-east of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. With an area of approximately 119 square kilometres Port Stephens is larger than Sydney Harbour. It extends approximately 24 km inland from the Tasman Sea and at its widest point, between Tanilba Bay and Tahlee, it is 6.5 km across ...

Royal National Park, New South Wales Royal National Park, New South Wales 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 ...

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The Southern Highlands, also locally referred to as the Highlands, is a geographical region and district in New South Wales, Australia and is 110 km south-west of Sydney. The entire region is under the local government area of the Wingecarribee Shire. The region is also considered a wine region ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia THE THREE SISTERS
The Three Sisters are a rock formation in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. They are close to the town of Katoomba and are one of the Blue Mountains' best known sites, towering above the Jamison Valley. Their names are Meehni (922 m), Wimlah (918 m), and Gunnedoo (906 m) ...

Discover Wagga Wagga, Popular Tourist Destinations in Australia Discover Wagga Wagga, Popular Tourist Destinations in Australia 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' ...

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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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