| Sydney has more to offer travellers than
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| | also offers protected inlets and entry
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| the Opera House and Bondi Beach. Just one
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| | into Port Hacking; safe haven for boats
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| hour south of the city is the Royal
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| | and other watercraft, and a natural area
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| National Park. One of the oldest National
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| | for experiencing our wonderful native
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| Parks in the world and home to dramatic
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| | birds and sea creatures. A simple trip out
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| cliffs, peaceful rivers and acres of bush
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| | into its waters can catch you a fish or
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| waiting to be explored. Black cockatoos
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| | the experience of a lifetime as a whale
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| fly overhead, white cockatoos gather in
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| | breeches or dolphins come in to follow the
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| the tree tops, rose cockatoos [we call
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| | local ferry service from Cronulla to
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| them Galahs in Australia], congregate
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| | Bundeena. Fairy Penguins used to be common
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| below. A birdwatchers paradise, all kinds
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| | in the bays and though now sadly missing
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| of lorikeets watch out for free offers of
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| | from our shores can still be seen if
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| food and lyrebirds haunt the more isolated
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| | you're very lucky and are extremely
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| regions of the park. You probably won't
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| | observant. Port Hacking also provides
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| find a koala, but the lucky individual
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| | access to the river system that reaches
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| might get to see a fox, wombat or echidna,
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| | into the Royal National Park via the
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| and more than likely will see the
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| | Hacking River - even more places to swim,
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| tell-tale sign of deer.Kurnell, southern
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| | picnic and fish, and an old Aboriginal
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| end of Botany Bay and north of the Royal,
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| | walled fishing site. The Botany Bay and
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| is the birthplace of modern Australia: the
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| | Port Hacking region is part of the
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| landing place of Lieutenant James Cook.
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| | Dharawal nation of Aborigines with the
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| James Cook is one of the world's most
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| | Hacking area being home to the Gweagal
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| famous and certainly most well-travelled
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| | people. Evidence of their once flourishing
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| early explorers. Cook and his crews made
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| | lifestyle is still available in the form
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| three great voyages into the unknown
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| | of rock carvings and middens. The most
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| discovering and mapping the east coast of
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| | well-known carvings, thousands of years
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| Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Tonga,
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| | old, are at the end of Jibbon Beach on the
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| Samoa, Tahiti, any other Pacific Island
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| | southern point of Port Hacking.The area
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| they came across on the way and the North
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| | also has a thriving community arts,
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| West passage.The Botany Bay and Royal
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| | restaurant, pub and nightclub scene, so
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| National Parks, provide excellent viewing
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| | there's always something to do.All this is
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| points for whale and ship watching with
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| | easily within reach of the city via train
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| access to cliffs and beaches seemingly far
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| | or car. If you're coming to Sydney or
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| from the crowds. Whales migrate north
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| | planning a trip to Australia, don't forget
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| every June & July for breeding in the
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| | to look a little further afield than the
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| warmer waters and it is relatively easy to
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| | usual tourist jaunts. I promise you, a
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| get close enough [but still land-based]
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| | great adventure awaits!~~~~~~~Trish is a
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| for some good photographs and great
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| | freelance writer with desktop publishing,
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| experiences. Just seeing these wonderful
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| | promotional material, content sourcing,
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| beasts glide through the water, rising to
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| | location and information research, fiction
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| breathe and sink soundlessly to the depths
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| | critique and web group management skills
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| again is an awe-inspiring moment!Cronulla
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| | tucked firmly into her workbelt.
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| with its golden sands and pounding surf
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