Why Taree?
Big river, big story. Every fact sourced.
- A huge single drop
Ellenborough Falls, near Wingham, is described as the second longest single-drop waterfall in the Southern Hemisphere.Source: Wikipedia
- A double delta river
The Manning is called the only double delta river in the southern hemisphere with two permanent entrances to the sea, at Harrington and Old Bar.Source: Wikipedia
- Lighthouse since 1878
Crowdy Head Light was built in 1878.Source: Wikipedia
- Named after a fig tree
Taree comes from the Biripi word tareebit, meaning tree by the river: the sandpaper fig.Source: Wikipedia
- Biripi Country
Taree is on Biripi Country.Source: Wikipedia
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