GALAXÕDHI , a quiet port rearing mirage-like out of an otherwise lifeless shore 17km southwest of ItÈa, is the first place you'd want to break a journey voluntarily. The old town stands on a raised headland, crowned by the eighteenth-century church...
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From Clonmacnois, the road south skirts the Boora Bog to SHANNONBRIDGE . The road leading into the tiny village has a set of traffic lights where it meets the Shannon, as the narrow sixteen-span bridge can only accommodate single lane traffic....
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If you haven't followed the river to Loxton, BARMERA , on the shores of Lake Bonney, is the next major stopping point along the highway. Its claims to fame are varied and dubious: at Pelican Point , on the lake's western shore,...
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