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| | Lord Howe Island home page |
 | | LORD HOWE ISLAND was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 1982 for its rare collection of plants, birds, marine life and exceptional natural beauty. | | | The pristine waters surrounding world-heritage Lord Howe Island are home to 500 species of fish and 90 species of coral. | | | Lord Howe Island guide, Jack Shick, celebrates his 1000th climb of Mount Gower, an iconic summit he first tackled in 1969 when he was eight. |
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http://www.lordhoweisland.info
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| | Lord Howe Island Backpacking |
| | We also have the Lord Howe Island Backpacking joke of the day, sticky Lord Howe Island Backpacking content for webmasters, regular articles about Lord Howe Island Backpacking hunting and a number of active Lord Howe Island Backpacking related dicussion forums and boards. | | | Get all your Lord Howe Island bus and rail passes here. | | | Find the best Lord Howe Island hostel and accomodation details here. |
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http://backrat.com/directory/Australia/NewSouthWales/LordHoweIsland
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| | Lord Howe Island |
| | Lord Howe Island is an island of tranquility, majestic beauty and unique environment preserved by its World Heritage listing for those fortunate enough to live there permanently or visit there by boat or aircraft for a memorable holiday. | | | Lord Howe Island is 425 nautical north-east from Sydney, from Broken Bay where the race starts late in October each year, it is 408 nautical miles on a rhumbline course, but sometimes many more miles of sailing to windward. | | | Lord Howe Island is famous for its walks, ranging from easy excursions through Kentia palms and around the foreshores to the demanding climbs to Mt Lidgbird and Mount Gower. |
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http://www.compuserve.com.au/lordhowe/island.htm
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| | Lord Howe Island: Definition and Much More From Answers.com |
| | Lord Howe island is a distinct terrestrial ecoregion, known as the Lord Howe Island subtropical forests. | | | Lord Howe Island was never part of a continent, and all of its flora and fauna colonized the island from across the sea. | | | About 10 percent of Lord Howe Island's forests have been cleared for agriculture, and another 20 percent has been disturbed by domestic cattle and feral sheep, goats, and pigs. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/lord-howe-island
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| | Lord Howe Island Swamphen - educational resources |
| | ADW: Porphyrio albus: Classification : Porphyrio albus (Lord Howe Island swamphen). | | | Extinction: Lord Howe Island Swamphen UWSP GEOG358 [Heywood] : Lord Howe Island Swamphen (Porphyria porphyria albans). | | | COMMON NAME : Lord Howe Island Swamphen [White Gallinule], Porphyrio [Porphyria porphyria] albus [albans], 1815, Lord Howe Island, Pacific Ocean,... |
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http://animals.mongabay.com/iucn/L/Lord_Howe_Island_Swamphen.html
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| | Lord Howe Island woodhen |
| | Because Lord Howe Island woodhens are territorial, their population is dependent on the number of breeding pairs that can be accommodated in any given area. | | | Lord Howe Island's bird life had never been hunted, and was not afraid of humans. | | | Lord Howe Island woodhens are flightless brown birds about the size of a bantam. |
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http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/The+Lord+Howe+Island+woodhen
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| | Extinct Bird Species |
| | Lord Howe Island White-Throated Pigeon Columba Vitiensis Godmanae 1899 Lord Howe Is. Sb Ext | | | Lord Howe Island Morepork Ninox Novaeseelandiae Albaria ? | | | Lord Howe Island Pigeon Columba Vitiensis Godmanae ? |
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http://www.ornithology.com/extinct.html
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| | Lord Howe Woodhen |
| | Lord Howe Island - world heritage article : One species, the Lord Howe Woodhen, Tricholimnas sylvestris, was saved from near extinction by a captive breeding program in the late 1970s and earl 80s and is... | | | Lord Howe Island -- description and travel : We search idly for the Lord Howe woodhen, once almost extinct, and now making a protected comeback, but today they seem to only be on top of the mountain... | | | Lord Howe in April : LORD HOWE WOODHEN - Little Island is THE spot - in the grove of palms immediately before the island just belt a couple of rocks together and out they come. |
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http://www.specieslist.com/endangered/common_name/L/Lord_Howe_Woodhen.shtml
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| | Lord Howe Island Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) Management Plan: 1. Introduction |
| | Lord Howe Island is regarded as an excellent example of the evolution of a volcanic island (guyot) formed on an oceanic ridge. | | | The waters of Lord Howe Island are renowned for their clarity, relatively high coral and algae cover and high biodiversity due to the combination of tropical and sub-tropical fauna. | | | The hydrological regime of Lord Howe Island is on a boundary between tropical (Coral Sea) and temperate (Tasman Sea) water masses, commonly referred to as the Tasman Front. |
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http://www.deh.gov.au/coasts/mpa/lordhowe/plan/introduction.html
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| | Community Biodiversity Network: Lord Howe Island Marine Park to be Established - 29 March 2000 |
| | The new Marine Park would protect the unique marine species in the waters surrounding Lord Howe at the same time as meeting the needs of Lord Howe Island community. | | | The proposed Lord Howe Island Marine Park will adjoin the NSW Marine Park and give extended protection to the World Heritage and National Estate values of the Lord Howe Island marine environs. | | | Lord Howe Island Marine Park to be Established |
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http://www.nccnsw.org.au/member/cbn/projects/LifeLines6.1/ProAr_LH.html
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| | Serebella: Regional, Oceania, Lord Howe Island |
| | Lord Howe Island Marine Park Lord Howe Island is located about 300 km of the northern coast of New South Wales and it is part... | | | Ball's Pyramid Ball's Pyramid is a volcanic stack 16 km (10 miles) south of Lord Howe Island. | | | Lord Howe Island Image:LordHoweIslandFromKimsLookout.jpgthumbrightLord Howe Island showing Mts Lidgbird and Gowe... |
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http://www.serebella.com/directory/Regional/Oceania/Lord%20Howe%20Island/
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| | The Race |
| | Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race, starting this year on Saturday, 24 October. | | | For many of the crews and a number of the yachts, the Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yachting Classic is regarded as a major lead-up to the great ocean race of the summer, the Telstra Sydney to Hobart. | | | The Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race is one of the major long ocean races on the Australian yachting calendar and has always attracted a high quality of ocean racing yachts. |
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http://www.compuserve.co.nz/lordhowe/race.htm
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| | Talpacific.com - Lord Howe Isle - The Last Paradise |
| | Lord Howe Island was discovered in February 1788 by Lt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, commander of HMS Supply, en route to Norfolk Island with a shipload of convicts to commence a settlement there. | | | Lord Howe Island is about 700 kms north east of Sydney and the same south east of Brisbane. | | | Australian citizens, although the Lord Howe Islanders are descended from a mix of early settlers from Australia and US whalers who settled on the island around 1833. |
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http://www.talpacific.com/lordhowe/guide.htm
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| | Lord Howe Island Backpacking |
| | We also have the Lord Howe Island Backpacking joke of the day, sticky Lord Howe Island Backpacking content for webmasters, regular articles about Lord Howe Island Backpacking hunting and a number of active Lord Howe Island Backpacking related dicussion forums and boards. | | | Get all your Lord Howe Island bus and rail passes here. | | | Find the best Lord Howe Island hostel and accomodation details here. |
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http://backrat.com/directory/Australia/NewSouthWales/LordHoweIsland
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| | Marine Parks Authority |
| | The Marine Parks Authority and the Lord Howe Island Board have adopted a memorandum of understanding which is designed to coordinate the activities of the two agencies toward integrated and cooperative management of the marine park and adjacent areas. | | | Work with the Lord Howe Island Board, Planning NSW, the Environment Protection Authority and Environment Australia to ensure arrangements for environmental impact assessment of activities within and in the locality of the marine park are effective and are rigorously applied. | | | A wide range of socially and economically important activities are conducted in the Lord Howe Island Marine Park. |
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http://www.mpa.nsw.gov.au/lhimp/lhimp-op-plan.htm
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| | Qantaslink on Lord Howe Island |
| | Ian is also the author of a number of books on Lord Howe Island that are available for online purchase at www.zemail.com.au. | | | The official Lord Howe website will all the information you could possibly want before you take the Dash 8 to the Island with your group. | | | Lord Howe's original Courier Post featuring philatelic products depicting Island Marine Park, transport history, Kentia Palms and more. |
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http://www.dash2lordhowe.com/links.html
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| | Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Lord Howe Island subtropical forests (AA0109) |
| | Lord Howe Island is largely covered with rainforest, although there are areas of scrub, grassland, and clearings in the lowlands and on the cliffs. | | | Lord Howe Island is located approximately 700 km east of Australia and 1,350 km northwest of New Zealand (31 S, 159E) on the submerged Lord Howe Rise. | | | Lord Howe Island is unique among inhabited Pacific islands in that less than 10 percent of the island has been cleared for human use. |
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http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa0109_full.html
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| | Lord Howe Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Lord Howe Island was discovered in February 1788 by H.M.S Supply, commanded by Lieutenant Lidgbird Ball, who was on his way to Norfolk Island with convicts to start a settlement there. | | | Lord Howe Island was never part of a continent, and all of its flora and fauna colonized the island from across the sea. | | | The Lord Howe Island group was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1982 in recognition of its unique beauty and biodiversity. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Howe_Island
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| | Lord Howe Island Board a Model for Fraser Island |
| | As well as managing the Lord Howe Island Permanent Park Preserve which is the equivalent of National Park status and the Lord Howe Island Marine Park and several other land titles including recreation reserves etc, the Board is responsible for all of the normal functions of local government and more. | | | The Lord Howe Island Board is the only planning authority on the island and oversees all subdivisions, rezonings, building approvals and even approvals to import motor vehicles on to the island. | | | While FIDO would not see the functions of the Lord Howe Island Board being all replicated on Fraser Island, we can see some other functions which would be undertaken by a board which could dramatically improve the management of the island. |
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http://www.fido.org.au/LordHoweIslandBoardModel.html
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| | Lord Howe Island |
| | Lord Howe Island is 425 nautical north-east from Sydney, from Broken Bay where the race starts late in October each year, it is 408 nautical miles on a rhumbline course, but sometimes many more miles of sailing to windward. | | | Lord Howe Island is an island of tranquility, majestic beauty and unique environment preserved by its World Heritage listing for those fortunate enough to live there permanently or visit there by boat or aircraft for a memorable holiday. | | | Lord Howe Island is famous for its walks, ranging from easy excursions through Kentia palms and around the foreshores to the demanding climbs to Mt Lidgbird and Mount Gower. |
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http://www.compuserve.com.au/lordhowe/island.htm
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| | Lord Howe Island |
| | Lord Howe Island is 425 nautical north-east from Sydney, from Broken Bay where the race starts late in October each year, it is 408 nautical miles on a rhumbline course, but sometimes many more miles of sailing to windward. | | | Lord Howe Island is an island of tranquility, majestic beauty and unique environment preserved by its World Heritage listing for those fortunate enough to live there permanently or visit there by boat or aircraft for a memorable holiday. | | | Lord Howe Island is famous for its walks, ranging from easy excursions through Kentia palms and around the foreshores to the demanding climbs to Mt Lidgbird and Mount Gower. |
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http://www.compuserve.com.au/lordhowe/island.htm
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| | Lord Howe Gift |
| | The Lord Howe Island Board told us that if we could accept the gift [of fishing permits] they would be eternally grateful." The foundation has a long association with conservation on the island, having previously played a key role in saving the Lord Howe Woodhen. | | | His motivation in donating the permits to the foundation was to save the fish of Lord Howe island from commercial exploitation by future generations. | | | If you can imagine a desert and in the middle of that is an oasis which every bird and every animal heads for, that is what Lord Howe Island is like. |
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http://www.fnpw.com.au/enews1/LordHoweGift.htm
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| | Lord Howe Island Woodhen - educational resources |
| | Lord Howe Island Woodhen [an error occurred while processing this directive] IUCN Profile of the Lord Howe Island Woodhen | | | A retrospective study on the Lord Howe Island Woodhen Tricholimnas sylvestris (Sclater). | | | BIRDCHAT archives -- January 1998, week 1 (#126): Birds of Interest: Lord Howe Island Woodhen (Lord Howe Rail Gallirallus sylvestris) Once one of the most endangered species in the world, down to 30 birds, now... |
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http://animals.mongabay.com/iucn/L/Lord_Howe_Island_Woodhen.html
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| | Protected Areas Programme - |
| | Lord Howe Island is almost unique among small Pacific Ocean islands in that its mountains have sufficient altitude for the development of true cloud forest on their summits. | | | Lord Howe Island is the eroded remnant of a large shield volcano which erupted from the sea floor intermittently for about 500,000 years, 6.5 to 7 million years ago in the late Miocene (McDougall et al., 1981). | | | The Lord Howe Island (Amendment) Act, 1981, reconstituted the Board, such that one of its members is an officer of the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, nominated by the Minister administering the 1974 National Parks and Wildlife Act. |
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http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/lordhowe.html
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| | Lord Howe Island holiday and vacation accommodation |
| | The great thing about Lord Howe Island is that is suits both the young and the old, the hyper-active or those folks who look for a really laid back holiday. | | | Australia's Lord Howe Island is one of the world's great vacation destinations. | | | Private charter flights operate between Lord Howe Island and Port Macquarie on a random or pre-arranged basis. |
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http://www.milkyway.net.au
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| | Media Release |
| | Clive has announced that he is relinquishing his job as Lord Howe Island port operations manager next year after 38 years, firstly in an honorary capacity and current in a professional role for NSW Maritime. | | | The fleet in the 31st Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race has had pleasant, but relatively slow sailing conditions on the second day of the 414 nautical mile ocean race across the Tasman Sea with the Open 66, AAPT, continuing to hold a big lead on the rest of the fleet. | | | And on Lord Howe Island, Lord Howe Maritime’s Clive and Beth Wilson celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary on Monday by being involved in the Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race for the 30th time in 31 races. |
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http://www.boatingoz.com.au/news04/1026.htm
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| | Lord Howe Island woodhen - Gallirallus sylvestris: More Information - ARKive |
| | During the 19th Century, the population of Lord Howe woodhen was decimated by the introduction of predators and by habitat disturbance caused by settlers arriving on the island (3). | | | When the island was discovered in 1788, the Lord Howe woodhen was found throughout the island, but from the mid-19th Century it became restricted to the mountaintops (3). | | | The Lord Howe woodhen, or Lord Howe rail, gets its name from its island home in the southwest Pacific (3). |
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http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/birds/Gallirallus_sylvestris/more_info.html
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| | Media Release |
| | The 2000 Leasecorp Australia Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race, starting next Saturday, 28 October, has attracted some famous veteran yachts - and some famous yachtsmen - for the 27th running of the 408 nautical mile ocean classic across the northern Tasman Sea. | | | John Quinn, who survived hours in the Tasman Sea after being swept overboard from his then yacht, Mem, in the 1993 Sydney to Hobart, is again competing with his 1970 vintage Cole 43, Polaris of Belmont, overall winner of the 1998 Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race and runner-up last year. | | | Septuagenarian owner/skipper Peter Kurts is bringing the yacht, and himself, out of retirement to contest the Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race, putting together a topclass crew that includes past winning navigator Lindsay May. |
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http://www.boatingoz.com.au/news001023.htm
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| | Lord Howe Island |
| | Sail: Strong headwinds slow Lord Howe Island race leader (AAP Sports News (Australia)) | | | YACHT: Lord Howe Island race underway (AAP Sports News (Australia)) | | | Blow in - and bliss out Lord Howe Island must be one of the most beautiful adventure playgrounds in the Pacific, says Nick Squire (The Sunday Telegraph) |
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http://www.teachervision.fen.com/ce6/world/A0830301.html
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| | Lord Howe Island Online Library |
| | The managers of Lord Howe Island Courier Post wanted to launch their enterprise with the utmost propriety, and included as their philatelic adviser and manager, Dr William Mayo, an authority on the philatelic history of Lord Howe Island, who had acted as a consultant to Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and other unique island postal services. | | | Like the 1930 Lord Howe Island/Sturt provisional, the postal authorities were now backpedalling and saying that their initial advice had been misunderstood. | | | No further ripples troubled Lord Howe postal and philatelic waters for nearly 70 years, until a group of keen Island organisers decided to establish a local courier delivery service, and reissue a well known local Cinderella stamp to receipt payment for courier deliveries. |
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