By the time I reached cave-walled Cwmtydu Beach, I was tuckered out and retired via bus to New Quay, a town four miles away with plentiful harbourside restaurants, such as Traeth, which serves up regionally-sourced duck.

BBC: Walking the new Wales coastal path

When Cold Chisel's Jimmy Barnes sang about pushing surfboards through turnstiles in Misfits, or Midnight Oil's Peter Garret howled "catch the bus to Bondi, sit on the beach and wonder", they were not only conjuring a scene familiar to their '80s pub rock audience but more importantly, they captured a uniquely sunlit Australian branch of angst.

BBC: Shore thing: Australia��s beach obsession

The airport bus targeted by the attacker was to have taken about 47 passengers to a beach resort.

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He lived out of his 1971 Volkswagen Bus, driving up and down the coast of California to approach people on the beach or at concert venues with his product.

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