Perched on a mound of clay above the River Ouse, ELY - literally eel island - was to all intents and purposes a true island until the draining of the fens in the seventeenth century. Up until then, the town was encircled by...
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On the whole, CAMBRIDGE is a much quieter and more secluded place than Oxford, though for the visitor what really sets it apart from its scholarly rival is the Backs - the green swathe of land that straddles the languid River Cam,...
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COWRA , on the banks of the Lachlan River, 107km southwest of Bathurst along the Mid-Western Highway, is famous as the location of the Cowra Breakout during World War II. The breakout of August 5, 1944 saw the escape of 378 Japanese...
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