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the coast
Most of the coastline of the SE Forests is protected by National Parks and
Nature Reserves and much of it is a remarkable wilderness. Wild country
continues much of the way to the highest point of the continent.
The coastal leg of the walks started at Point Hicks. Inspiring sights
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John Blay has researched the journey
undertaken by shipwrecked sailors, who walked from near Wilsons Promontory
to Sydney in 1797 before there was any European settlement in the region.
Close examination of their journal shows that very little has changed in
many of the wildest places. Their record of first contact with the old Kooris has
inspired Blay to incorporate their story in an account of walking the
coast. |
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In Nadgee, where the wild forests meet coastal heath, wildlife still
abounds much it always has. The black swans come here
to fledge.
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