MITCHELL is a delightful, single-street town right on the western rim of the downs beside the Maranoa River, 88km west of Roma on the Warrego Highway. As at Roma, Mitchell has its local outlaw legend; the protagonists this time were the two ...
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The old port of BALLINA , at the mouth of the Richmond River, experienced a short-lived goldrush in the 1880s, but it has few reminders of this era and is now mostly a holiday town, with some pleasant beaches and the opportunity to take river...
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After spending a few days in the North Wales rural hinterland, BANGOR , across the bridges from Anglesey, makes a welcome change. It is not big, but as the largest town in Gwynedd and home to Bangor University, it passes in these parts for...
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