New South Wales does good beaches and Avoca, 90 minutes or 100 km from Sydney, is one of the stars of NSW's Central Coast.

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There are plenty of good huts, the beaches are wonderful, and the walking is not hard.

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The issue of private beaches that led to the Good Friday killing is troubling many governments.

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He added that the lifeguards were expecting a busy few days ahead because of the forecast for good weather and urged people to attend lifeguarded beaches.

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In March, wet weather was also blamed for a fall in the number of Welsh beaches reaching the top EU bathing water standard in the Marine Conservation Society's Good Beach Guide.

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