What Is So Fascinating About Norfolk Island
September 28th, 2009
A tiny jewel set in the azure seas of the South Pacific; Norfolk Island is only 8 km (5 mi) long, and 1,600 km (994 mi) northeast of Sydney, Australia. It is the biggest of a cluster of three islands on the Norfolk Ridge, fringed by coral reefs and crowned by pristine rainforest and some of the world’s tallest tree ferns. On 10 October 1774, James Cook first landed on this beautiful little island and named it in honour of the then Duchess of Norfolk. Convicts started to arrive 14 years
