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Blog carnival: Your favourite place on earth

It’s my great pleasure to host the 10th Lonely Planet Blogsherpa Carnival. For this edition, I asked my fellow bloggers: Which is your favourite place on earth? Is it a country, a city, a village, a beach, a hut, a mountain, a hotel? Do you return all the time – or do you dream of [...]

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The most haunting place in the Pacific

According to legend, Norfolk Island is the most haunted place in the Pacific. A stroll between these gravestones reveals the history of what was once Britain’s worst convict colony. So bad was it, convicts sought execution as relief from suffering. One prisoner, Thomas Salsbury Wright, was found guilty of forgery and sent off to Norfolk [...]

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PhotoFriday – Norfolk Island

Island hopping in the Pacific, including Norfolk Island (capital: Burnt Pine), home of the descendants of the Bounty-mutineers. Beautiful, isn’t it?

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Norfolk Island murder solved

Norfolk Island, that little paradise in the Pacific, was brought to my attention again a few days ago, when a New Zealander pleaded guilty to the murder of a young Sydney-woman on the island nearly five years ago. A dramatic event for the little island, as there hadn’t been a reported murder for 148 years. [...]

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