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I spent the last week working on Norfolk Island. I flew there on Monday via Sydney and returned to Canberra on Friday, again via Sydney.

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I’ve never visited Norfolk Island before. I had heard from my parents that many of their friends had spent time on the island as tourists.

I remember in school learning a little of the history of Norfolk Island. It had been inhabited by Polynesian people for a few hundred years and then abandoned. When Australia was settled and colonised by English convicts there were some convicts who were sent to Norfolk Island. This occurred in a couple of waves. In addition, some of the inhabitants of Pitcairn Island also sailed to Norfolk Island when the population of Pitcairn Island was getting too large to sustain.

The weather on the island is almost perfect for me. It never gets above 28 °C and never gets below 6 °C. It’s on the same latitude as my hometown, Brisbane. Being a small island, moist sea air wafts across the island so it’s never dry.

The people I met were all friendly and welcoming. Driving around the island is pretty straightforward. There aren’t too many roads. I don’t know about cycling though, apparently some locals can get close to 100 kilometres per hour cycling down the hills. The roads are good, but not suitable for a road bike at that speed.