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	Pacific Highway (australia)
		The highway was subsequently improved, being fully sealed in 1958, and the last road ferry crossing was bridged in 1966.
		Two major coach accidents on the Pacific Highway in 1989 near Grafton (in which 20 people died) and Kempsey (in which 35 people died) resulted in a public outcry over the poor quality of the road and its high fatality rate.
		The former Gold Coast section of the Pacific Highway is thus renamed as Gold Coast Highway and the former stretch from Logan to the CBD is now Logan Road.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Pacific_Highway_(Australia) (1596 words)

	Pacific Highway (Australia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The highway was subsequently improved, the last section to be sealed was in 1958 at Koorainghait south of Taree, and the last road ferry crossing was replaced by the Harwood Bridge over the South Channel of the Clarence River in 1966 (the north channel had been bridged in 1931).
		The Pacific Highway was replaced by the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway as the national route between Sydney and Hexham near Newcastle in sections between 1965 and 1992.
		The former route of the Pacific Highway through the Gold Coast has been renamed as the Gold Coast Highway, and the former route of the highway from Logan to Wooloongabba in Brisbane is now Logan Road, which was the name it had prior to becoming part of the Pacific Highway in 1931.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pacific_Highway_(Australia) (2440 words)

	Pacific Highway travel guide - Wikitravel
		Pacific Highway is a highway running between the Australian cities of Sydney and Brisbane, up the North Coast of New South Wales.
		As the Pacific Highway is a major road passing through a populated area, there's no need to take special precautions as you might when driving through a remote area.
		The Pacific Highway is one of Australia's most dangerous roads for accidents and fatalities: 245 people were killed on the highway between 1990 and 1995.
	wikitravel.org /en/Pacific_Highway (544 words)

	Pacific Highway (Australia) (via CobWeb/3.1 ricepl-1.cs.rice.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Pacific Highway is a major transport route in eastern Australia and is part of Australia's Highway 1.
		Parts of the Pacific Highway have been upgraded to international motorway standards, while other sections remain as narrow, winding, un-divided two-lane road.
		Major towns along the Pacific Highway include Gosford, Wyong, Newcastle, Taree, Port Macquarie, Kempsey, Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Ballina and Byron Bay, all in New South Wales, and Coolangatta and the Gold Coast in Queensland.
	publicliterature.org.cob-web.org:8888 /en/wikipedia/p/pa/pacific_highway__australia_.html (167 words)

	Australia Surf Camps Schools
		Australia is the sixth largest country in the world: It is about the size of mainland US and 50% larger than Europe, but has the lowest population density in the world - only two people per square kilometre.
		Australia became a federated nation after the union of the six colonies on 1 January 1901, bound by one parliament, one constitution and one flag but still under British sovereignty - the head of state is the Queen of England !
		Australia also features a diverse range of climatic zones from the tropical regions of the north, the arid expanses of the interior and the temperate regions of the south.
	www.nomadsurfers.com /English/Australia/australia_home.htm (1176 words)

	Reminiscences of Australia - Travelogue
		It shares borders with Victoria to the south, South Australia to the west and Queensland to the north; the Pacific Ocean is to the east.
		The highest mountain in Australia is Mount Kosciuszko at 2228 metres (7310 feet) in the Snowy Mountains in the southeast of the state.
		It is on the shores of the stunning Port Jackson and surrounded by bushland and masses of suburban houses.
	www.travel-library.com /pacific/australia/stybr/index+4.html (1461 words)

	Taree
		Although the Pacific Highway now bypasses the town Taree is still a convenient stopover on a journey up or down the coast and has many motels and caravan parks, Queen Elizabeth Park on the banks of the river being a great place for a picnic lunch.
		Located on the Pacific Highway north of Forster-Tuncurry, Taree is a quiet riverside town and the main centre of the fertile, scenic Manning Valley.
		Back on the Pacific Highway, there is a convenient gateway tourist office fuelling drivers with free tea and coffee at Kew, between Taree and Port Macquarie; turn right at the Kew Hotel for the more interesting route that hugs the coast.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/newsouthwales/taree.asp (518 words)

	Highway 1 (Australia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Highway 1 is Australia's coastal highway joining all mainland's state capitals and coastal towns circumnavigating the entire Australian continent.
		In the 1990s, Victoria and South Australia adopted alphanumeric route numbering but retained the number 1 along the length of the highway in both states, with the letters M, A or B denoting the quality of the road.
		For instance, the Pacific Highway running from Brisbane to Sydney is part of Highway 1, but is not part of the National Highway, with the exception of one of the final stretches, the Sydney Newcastle Freeway which runs from Beresfield, near Newcastle down to Wahroonga, on the outskirts of Sydney.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Highway_1_(Australia) (851 words)

	New England Highway travel guide - Wikitravel
		The highway is an inland route connecting Newcastle (in New South Wales' Hunter Valley) and Warwick, Queensland.
		The New England Highway is an alternative route to the Pacific Highway that links Sydney and Brisbane.
		The highway passes through coal mining centers such as Singleton and Muswellbrook, which though not in the wine region do provide cheaper accommodation options than many of the hotels that are around the vineyards themselves.
	wikitravel.org /en/New_England_Highway (505 words)

	Oceania Travel - Australia - The Pacific Coast
		Although Australia was settled by Europeans just over 200 years ago, it has evolved into an exciting cosmopolitan nation composed of people from every corner of the globe.
		The largest of all the Pacific islands, it sits on the edge of the South Pacific rim, its eastern shores fringed by long stretches of white sandy beaches, washed by pounding surf.
		Australia was discovered by Captain James Cook in 1770 and the British government turned the east coast into a penal colony under Governor Phillip in 1788.
	www.janesoceania.com /tourism/australia/index.htm (9186 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Australia to boost S Pacific aid
		Australia is to double its annual aid budget to the South Pacific, which Canberra has described as "underdeveloped and insecure".
		Australia is planning to send around 300 police and civil servants there to help fight crime and corruption.
		Australia wants to make sure the money is not wasted.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3706187.stm (291 words)

	Australia Pacific Driving Tour
		It is one of Australia's major industrial centers, home to the giant B.H.P. steelworks, and the shipping port for the nearby Hunter Valley coalfields.
		This laid-back and picturesque village is tucked in the rain forest at the foot of a 1,000-foot-high (305 meters) escarpment.
		Australia doesn't have a lot of chocolate-box scenery, but there is some here.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /traveler/deals/australia.html (1335 words)

	Australia's Gold Coast : Planning a Trip \| Frommers.com
		By Car -- Access to the Gold Coast Highway, which runs the length of the Coast, is off the Pacific Highway from Sydney or Brisbane.
		The Gold Coast Highway is the main artery that connects the endless beachside suburbs lining the coast.
		Parking is cheap and plentiful in numerous lots and on the side streets between the Gold Coast Highway and The Esplanade.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/australia'sgoldcoast/1395010002.html (1273 words)

	A Trip Through The Opal Fields
		Three different railway junctions met in Peterborough and it was almost unique in the World as it is one of the few places that has 3 different railway gauges, narrow, standard and broad depending on where the line goes.
		It is know as the Crossroads of Australia and is a major export port for wool, minerals and wheat.
		It is relatively new town with a population of less than 3,000 and was built mainly to house the miners of the nearby Andamooka mining project.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/australia_and_the_pacific/19391 (552 words)

	Travel - Pacific - Los Angeles Times
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		Living in Melbourne, Australia, and Tokyo for seven years gave us the opportunity for some glorious globe trotting.
	www.latimes.com /travel/destinations/pacific (904 words)

	The Tweed travel guide
		Many of the beautiful posters you find promoting the rainforests in other parts of Australia, were in fact taken in one of the World Heritage Listed National Parks in the Tweed Shire.
		The Tweed is the most bio-diverse region in Australia, with cultural diversity and a terrific climate ~ the summer mean temperature range is 18 to 30C and winter is a marvellous experience with mean temperatures ranging from 7 to 22C, which means log fires at night and t-shirts and shorts during the day.
		As you take the Tweed Valley Way turnoff on the Highway from the Gold Coast to Murwillumbah, you’ll know that you’re nearing your destination when you see Mt Warning towering over the cane fields that line the road.
	www.world66.com /australiaandpacific/australia/newsouthwales/the_tweed (918 words)

	Pacific Highway upgrade
		An understanding between the Government of Australia and the Government of the State of New South Wales for the development of a high standard North Coast Motorway between F3 at Beresfield and the Queensland border.
		This report describes the highway, the types of crashes that have been occurring, the key factors in these crashes and works programs that have been developed to reduce the severity and incidence of crashes, especially casualty crashes.
		The establishment of the Northern Pacific Highway Noise Taskforce was announced by the then Minister for Roads in February 2003.
	www.rta.nsw.gov.au /constructionmaintenance/majorconstructionprojectsregional/pacifichighwayupgrade/index.html?hlid=5 (565 words)

	Ballina Bypass Pacific Highway Australia
		The Pacific Highway, one of Australia’s busiest and most important road links, passes directly through the heart of residential and retail areas in Ballina.
		Highway traffic is forced to negotiate five (soon to be six) roundabouts and two narrow bridges.
		The recent upgrade of the Yelgun-Chinderah section of the Pacific Highway (north of Ballina) has encouraged many heavy vehicles that previously used the inland New England Highway between Brisbane and Sydney to switch to the faster and flatter Pacific Highway coastal route.
	www.ballina.net /bypass/index.htm (789 words)

	Grafton
		Between Woolgoolga and Ballina the Pacific Highway runs inland, and the unspoilt coast between the two towns consists of a series of national parks to which access is gained by a few intermittent side roads.
		GRAFTON, an 83-kilometre drive along the Pacific Highway from Coffs Harbour, is a peaceful district capital on a bend of the wide Clarence River, which almost encircles the city and occasionally floods it.
		From Grafton it’s 47km northeast on the Pacific Highway, paralleling the Clarence River, to MACLEAN, a small delta town which proclaims its Scottish heritage with street signs in Gaelic.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/newsouthwales/grafton.asp (928 words)

	Pacific Coast Explorer - Self Drive Information - Australia - Goway Travel Experiences
		Drive along the Pacific Highway to the former convict settlement of Port Macquarie then continue through beautiful countryside to Coffs Harbour.
		Join the Pacific Highway, northbound to Brisbane - the capital city of Queensland.
		Further along the highway stop at the Atherton Tablelands and visit Millaa Millaa Falls and the Curtin Fig Tree, a spectacular rainforest wilderness.
	www.goway.com /downunder/australia/selfdrive/sd_nsw_pacific_coast.html (703 words)

	Cultural Policy in Australia
		The Commonwealth of Australia occupy the whole of the island continent of Australia, lying between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
		Australia does not have a blueprint (formal expression) for a national cultural policy, stated either on the federal level (the Commonwealth Government) or by the governments of the states, although the main political parties in their official platforms include a commitment concerning most aspects of cultural development.
		The National Museum of Australia is a Commonwealth statutory authority established with the support of a political parties by the National Museum of Australia Act 1980.
	www.wwcd.org /policy/clink/Australia.html (3493 words)

	IslamOnline.net- Muslim Affairs - Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		For those who can’t stomach Saudi at any price, Australia is open to anyone who can stump up the deposit or Canada or New Zealand or anywhere.
		Australia’s relationship with Indonesia has a troubled history.
		The threat of international terrorism has certainly changed the landscape of the “battlefield” of combat, and nations must respond accordingly...
	www.islamonline.net /English/Muslim_Affairs/Australia/index.shtml (259 words)

	Australia Zoo - How to get here
		With Australia Zoo as our backyard, the team of experts here at Australia Zoo Travel is your number one stop when it comes to travel needs in Australia - especially when you're planning a visit to the Home of the Crocodile Hunter.
		The Sunshine Coast is easily accessible by a number of major highways which dissect the region.
		Australia Zoo is situated on the Glasshouse Mountains Tourist Drive, Beerwah.
	www.crocodilehunter.com /australia_zoo/how_to_get_here (463 words)

	SD to Sydney
		Leave Sydney over the Harbour Bridge and follow the Pacific Highway.
		After you have left the Lamington mountains, take the Pacific Highway from the Gold Coast up to Brisbane.
		From Brisbane to Cairns the Highway 1 is named Bruce Highway.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/selfdrives/ecpopular_bnesyd.html (830 words)

	The Pacific Pieway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		We forget, though, that Australia already had the perfect fast food, long before those golden arches loomed over every highway in the land.
		And, despite the competition from the multinationals, NSW’s Pacific Highway - linking Sydney with the Promised Land of the far north coast - still has a selection of superior pie shops offering flaky pastry and flavoursome fillings to the travelling masses.
		This bright, clean pie restaurant is just off the northern end of the F3 freeway from Sydney, at the very beginning of the Pacific Highway.
	www.australiantraveller.com /index.cfm?page_id=1301 (624 words)

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