Where Is Summer Bay In Australia? The Summer Bay outdoor filming location is actually Palm Beach, in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, only 41 kilometres north of Sydney’s CBD (indoor scenes are shot at Redfern’s Australian Technology Park). Is there a real Summer Bay in Australia? Summer Bay is the fictional coastal town featured in the Australian…
Where Was The First Penal Colony In Australia? Although Australia’s first penal colony was often called Botany Bay, its actual site was at Sydney on Port Jackson. Although currently under dispute, many believe that Captain James Cook originally discovered the east coast of the continent in 1770 and named it New South Wales. Where did…
When Did Seatbelts Become Law In Australia? In Australia, front-seat seat belts became compulsory in 1969, and belts were required on all seats by 1971. When did wearing a seatbelt become law in Australia? In 1970 the Government of the State of Victoria became the first in the ‘western’ world to introduce legislation for compulsory…
What Part Of Australia Do Wombats Live In? The Bare-nosed or Common Wombat, once widespread throughout southern Australia, is now found in parts of eastern NSW, Victoria, south-eastern South Australia and Tasmania. Are there wombats in South Australia? The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is distributed patchily in areas of semi-arid shrubland and Mallee in the south-eastern…