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There is no shortage of marvellous sandy white beaches at Coffs Harbour, suitable for either fishing or swimming. The photo with this tip was taken from the harbour breakwater, to the north of the port and shows the beach and some of the small islands.
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Check out this town, great to spend some days here. We stayed at the Opal Cove hotel, great place, a few km. out of town. From here we did a 4WD trip into a rainforest, went to the aquarium and relaxed at the beach. Leave a Comment Address: Opal Cove ResortPhone: 61-66510510Directions: Along the Pacific HighwayWebsite: www.opalcove.com.au
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Gold mining looks like hard work ! the seams of gold are in veins of quartz, holes had to be dug into the rock to enable the tunnel to be blasted with dynamite, if the miner couldnt afford dynamite the entire tunnel ad to be dug out with hammer and chisel, all this with no guarantee that a rich vein of gold would be found, add to that the fact that he was working in dark, damp conditions it makes one realise what a chronic sickness "gold fever" really is in 1923 George Ellis sank a 65ft shaft, then tunneled out 40ft from the bottom of it, in one year he removed 8 tonne of rock from the mine which gave only 3 1/2 ounces of gold valued at just over A$26, thats only 50 cents per week before expenses Leave a Comment
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