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Tooraweenah has just 240 inhabitants now
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Favorite thing: Nowadays Tooraweenah is just a tiny village with 240 inhabitants, but its origins date back to the year 1837. An area of 16.000 acres was taken over then by the settlers.
In 1841 they opened the first shop. In 1884 they opened a school and in 1886 a hotel.

Fondest memory: In 1931 Cecil Arthur Butler landed with his airplane on a direct flight from London to Australia in Tooraweenah and in 1938 he came back there and founded an air-service for passangers and mail between Charleville and Sydney and in Cunnamulla, Bourke, Coonamble and Tooraweenah these airplanes made a stop-over.

Written Feb 2, 2012

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The Kookaburra March
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Favorite thing: In 1916 23 men from Tooraweenah started to march from Tooraweenah to the city of Bathurst in order to find soldiers to fight togeather with them in WW II.
Next to the football-field of the village you will find a monument for this march, that got the name
Kookaburra March.

Written Feb 2, 2012

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Dungog - a great place off the beaten path in NSW
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Favorite thing: I came to Dungog accidentally - on my way to Stroud - and I can only recommend this place for a short stop-over of maybe 1-2 hours or as a base to take a hotel and explore more of this great scenery and architcture.

Fondest memory: I was also quite lucky with the weather and it was one of my last few days that I had in my campar-car.
In my main picture: a vintage car of the australian brand called "HOLDEN" - a branch of GM and in the mainroad through Dungog I saw this great vintage-car inside a shop.
You will find the largest collection of HOLDEN-cars in my page about Canowindra !

Written Jan 23, 2012

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The village of Stroud was founded in 1824
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Favorite thing: The historic village of Stroud was founded in 1824 by the Australian Agricultural Company (AAC). The village was surrouded by a fence and by 2 gates in 1826 in order to defend the town against the perceived threat of convicts and lifestock.
Nowadays you can still see a replica of one of these gates !

Fondest memory: Nowadays you can still see 30 heritage buildings in Stroud, the oldest of them beeing the Quambi House, that dates back to the year 1830 and was built as a school-house.

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Updated Jan 21, 2012

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travelling with young children
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Favorite thing: travelling with a 2 year old: we travelled for 3 months in Australia camping with a 2 year old, then another time for 5 weeks in tasmania staying in cabins witha 10 month old and a 3 year old. we went where we wanted to go , kids enjoy playing in different playgrounds , beaches walks etc, so you don't have to do extra special things, experiencing differing styles of life is good for them. If driving stop regularly at a park for morning tea and lunch etc so they can get out and run around. Caravan parks are good if you stay in cabins as these usually have a good playground and room to run around. Take some lttle cars and a small ball and some books /puzzles for at night.Take a parka and beanie and mittens, have fun.

Written Jul 24, 2011

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Forum answer-dream honeymoon options
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Captain Cooks Cottage Melbourne

Favorite thing: From your side of the world I think New Zealand and Australia would be a pretty ideal dream honeymoon. You will be able to see so many different things between the two countries. I would suggest 2 weeks in NZ (I like picking about 4 places to have 3 or so nights each at), a week in one of the big cities (Sydney or Melbourne) and then finish with a week at the beach (Sunshine Coast is nice, or Cairns/Northern Queensland or even around Perth on the West Coast.)

Back to NZ probably the most 'dreamy' places in my opinion to just relax and enjoy the scenery (or get active and do some tramping) were the Glaciers on the West Coast or Lake Tekapo. We loved the place we stayed at there.

Feel free to ask for more help if necessary.

Written Oct 27, 2009

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¸THE THREE SISTERS
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Favorite thing: The legend

Three sisters, the members of Katoomba tribe, had fallen in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe. Tribal law forbade them to marry, and the broders decided to use force to capture the three sisters, causing a tribal battle. As the lives of the three sisters were in danger, a witchdoctor from Katoomba tribe turned them into the stone. After the battle a witchdoctor inteded to reverse the spell to return the ladies to life again. Unfortunately, a witchdoctor was killed and the three sisters remain in their rock formation.

Updated Sep 10, 2009

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Blue Mountains
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Three sisters

Favorite thing: We made a day trip from Sydney to Blue Mountains. It was guided tour and a bus driver was a guide as well. All the way he explained us about the places we were passing. He also told us a legend about three sisters - the three peaks you can see on the photo.

Updated Sep 4, 2009

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CBlue Mountains
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Favorite thing: The landscape around Blue Montains is realy breathtaking. In our one day trip to this place - it was a guided tour,. We stopped at the points from where the view was the best. Everybody wanted to took some photos, the place worth it for sure.

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%DCBNew South Wales
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Favorite thing: This photo was taken from the sea side. There is this settlement of the luxury houses, approachable from a sea side only. We took a short cruise along the gulf in Sydney.
I recomand such a tour to everyone who visit Sydney. It's so amazing to admire the sigst from "water-side".

Updated Sep 4, 2009

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