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Written by Stuart Gregory
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Sunday, 01 March 2009 11:11 |
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In 2003 Annette and I, having regard to the good winter rains and the subsequent warm days, decided to take a couple of days traveling to Mingenew and Coal Seam Nature Reserve to look at the wildflowers and see how all the crops were looking. It was a great couple of days. We overnighted at Dongara as Mingenew were celebrating their seniors team winning the grand final. You can have a look at some of the photos here. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 30 April 2009 08:57 |
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Written by Stuart Gregory
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Monday, 23 February 2009 16:11 |
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Charlestown is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales and is the largest town within the City of Lake Macquarie local government area. It is located approximately 10 kilometres west-south-west of the central business district of Newcastle. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 26 February 2009 13:59 |
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Written by Stuart Gregory
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Monday, 23 February 2009 16:10 |
Taree - Culture and History
In 1770 when Captain Cook first sailed up the eastern coast of Australia he identified and named 'The Brothers', a group of three mountains - South, Middle and North Brother Mountains. At the time the Biripai, Ngamba and Worimi Aborigines were well established in the district and it is probably from them that the word 'tareebit', which supposedly is the name for a local fig tree, comes. The Aborigines lived off seafood and fish from the river as well as tropical fruits which they found in the rainforest which characterised most of the area.
The first European explorer to traverse the Manning River was John Oxley who explored the Manning Valley in 1818 and named the settlement of Harrington at the mouth of the Manning River.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 28 February 2009 19:57 |
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Western Australian Wildflowers