How many registered shipwtecks off the Australian coast and how many have been discovered?
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Pete beat you to it Mando
Your turn Pete
Your turn Pete
Lake Macquarie. /Reid's Mistake
Aborigines of the Awabakal nation lived in the area surrounding what is now known as Lake Macquarie for thousands of years. The name Awaba, which means "a plain surface" was used to describe the lake.
Lake Macquarie was discovered in 1800 by Captain William Reid, who had been sent from Sydney to retrieve a load of coal from Newcastle Harbour. Reid took a wrong turn and found himself in a lake rather than a river, with no coal to be seen anywhere. The name "Reid's Mistake" was retained until 1826, when it was renamed in honour of Governor Lachlan Macquarie.
Governor Macquarie did like having shit named after him. Can't turn around in Australia without seeing some street or building etc named for him.
Lake Macquarie was discovered in 1800 by Captain William Reid, who had been sent from Sydney to retrieve a load of coal from Newcastle Harbour. Reid took a wrong turn and found himself in a lake rather than a river, with no coal to be seen anywhere. The name "Reid's Mistake" was retained until 1826, when it was renamed in honour of Governor Lachlan Macquarie.
Governor Macquarie did like having shit named after him. Can't turn around in Australia without seeing some street or building etc named for him.
What town is closest to the centre of NSW?
Not Condo. Close tho
Getting colder Pete 
Between those 2
Between those 2
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Officially there is no true center for Australia due to complexities of calculating its irregular shape and taking into account its non mainland territories ** Eromanga is the town that is the furthest from any mainland coastline
Tottenham it is Pete. Tho the townsfolk of Albert will argue. There is a cairn of stones and a brass plate in the middle of nowhere.
I gotta ask hard questions as Google makes it to easy. That was a local knowledge one
When people ask where I'm from I say stick your finger in the centre of a map of NSW and Nyngan is just above your finger
Over to you Pete
I gotta ask hard questions as Google makes it to easy. That was a local knowledge one
When people ask where I'm from I say stick your finger in the centre of a map of NSW and Nyngan is just above your finger
Over to you Pete
mando1463 said:
BAHAHA
I didn't say a thing
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