"Just around the corner is Luanda, " says Longwell, pointing to the headlands in the background.

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In summer, the headlands light up with pink thrift and plum-coloured heather, attracting rare moths and butterflies.

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From Baltimore, I took a short 23km drive east, past farms and guesthouses that dotted the headlands and fields, to the village of Union Hall.

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Avoca is the ideal place to get sand between your toes, surf or simply enjoy walks along the headlands without having to deal with Sydney's mayhem.

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The report, carried out by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Humberside Police, highlighted a number of concerns were raised by staff with the Headlands management about the behaviour of some teachers - but no action was taken.

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The foghorn on the Mendocino headlands moaned through the night like a lovelorn elk, the only clue to what lay outside my windows at the Albion River Inn.

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Less than three miles south of Sausalito, there are more hiking routes around the 25 historic army buildings at Fort Baker, a 1905 military outpost in the Marin Headlands.

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The Pacific Coast Highway stretches out ahead, tracing rocky headlands and gentle sandy bays.

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Byron Bay is one of a great string of headlands with white-sand bays stretching up the New South Wales coast into Queensland.

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The coast is stark and wild, a place of fissured cliffs, lonely headlands and hidden reefs.

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