Ellenborough Falls is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. At 200 metres, it is the second longest single drop waterfall in Australia. Only beaten by Wallaman Falls with a height of 268 metres. 641 steps, however, allow a walk down to the bottom of […]
Tacking Point Lighthouse is located next to Port Macquire, New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1879 and is therefore Australia’s third oldest lighthouse. Furthermore Tacking Point marks the end of the 9 kilometres long coastal walk from Town Beach to Lighthouse Beach.
Smoky Cape Lighthouse is located on Smoky Cape, a headland in New South Wales, Australia. Completed in 1891 it is still active today. Its design, however, is quite unusual for its octagonal tower. It was designed this way because it was easier to cast the tower this way than a […]
Little Bay is located near South West Rocks in the state of New South Wales, Australia. There is a picnic area as well as secluded little beach nestled between granite cliffs. Another special thing about Little Bay is that often even families of the eastern grey kangaroo like to hang […]
Lennox National Surfing Reserve is located in the State of New South Wales, Australia. It is traditional land of the Nyangbai Bundjalung people. Lennox point, Flat Rock and Boulder Beach are three of the most easterly points of Australia. The quality of waves breaking along these points has been inspirational […]
Cape Byron is located on Australia’s east coast in the state of New South Wales. It is the easternmost point of the mainland of Australia. British explorer Captain James Cook named Cape Byron to honour British Explorer John Byron. The lighthouse there is called Cape Byron light and was built […]
Brisbane ist the capital of Queensland, Australia, and its most populous city with over 1.146.000 inhabitants. It is named after Brisbane River on which it is located. A few facts about Brisbane: It has 1.161 public buses, serving 6.590 bus stops. There are 8 cross river bridges, 20 public swimming […]
The Republic of Fiji, also simply called Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean, at about 2.000 kilometres northeast of New Zealand. Fiji is an island group of more than 330 islands. Its capital is Suva, located on Viti Levu. Over 87 percent of almost […]