australian flag facts Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/australian-flag-facts Sun, 03 Sep 2017 16:38:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Australia Flag http://toursmaps.com/australia-flag.html http://toursmaps.com/australia-flag.html#respond Thu, 12 Oct 2017 21:48:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=243840 I swung round and headed for the middle of the island. I recalled the warning of the Admiralty Sailing Directions that ships passing within a mile and a half of Lord Howe Island in a north-wester ran the risk of being dismasted by violent squalls of wind. I fastened the safety-belt, a weary effort. The island close up was quite different from my imaginary picture of it: it looked huge with two black trunks of mountains rising straight from the sea into a heavy roll of dark clouds. Above the lines of surf at the base were solidly packed palm-trees,

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