Bonalbo set for 100th anniversary

CHURCH CENTENARY: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Bonalbo will mark its 100th anniversary at the town’s centenary celebrations.

ALL roads will lead to Bonalbo at the weekend for what promises to be the biggest celebration in the West of the Range town for 100 years.
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Expect more at 2011 writers fest

Byron Bay Writers Festival director Candida Baker and her team are hard at work organising this year’s festival.

It might still be six months away, but planning for this year’s Byron Bay Writers Festival is in full swing.
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Street camping trouble in paradise

Backpackers Sophie Bruhn and Gesa Boesch have been sleeping in their station wagon in Byron Bay saying they can’t afford to pay camping fees.

BACKPACKER vans parked illegally overnight are continuing to cause headaches in Byron Bay, with locals fed up with the noise, mess and lack of respect.
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Sun shines for Byron Bay visitors

Levi Smorgon, 4, made the most of yesterday’s sunshine at Main Beach Byron Bay, along with his parents, Melanie and Dale, and brother Harper, 2.

IT only lasted a few hours, but locals and holidaymakers squeezed all they could into the brief return of blue skies and sunshine over Byron Bay.
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Pool party for Tropical tourists

KICKING off the New Year with a splash are Tropical Fruits pool party revellers at Lismore Memorial Baths.

HE'D never heard of the Tropical Fruits Festival before he arrived in Australia, but after being wrestled into the water, New Yorker Jesse Archer was enamoured.

 

Holiday havens on NSW North Coast

The Mirabella Penthouse at Rae’s on Wategos at Byron Bay, that commands more than $1000 a night.

WHETHER they come for a $25,000 a week beach house or to pitch a tent on a free National Park site, the NSW North Coast continues to defy the tourism downturn.

 

Life in the colonies

Hawkes Bay, Cape Kidnappers Gannet Reserve is a major tourist drawcard.

CAPE Kidnappers at Hawkes Bay is a rugged, chaotic and whiffy bird-lovers' paradise.
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Lure of Kakadu's swimming holes

All Northern Territory waterholes are potential croc habitats, but the higher the pool, the lower the risk.

ANNA Leask tackles some baking terrain to take a dip in the kind of pool only nature can construct.

 

Playing with fire in Indonesia

Anak Krakatoa, formed from the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, shows off its latent power.

MICHAEL Travers experiences the awe-inspiring power of Krakatoa up close and personal.
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Rigours of a city trek

A SOJOURN to Melbourne is not for the faint-hearted - but only because there's far too much to do.

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