Sunrise sun streams through palm trees on  the road to Ned's Beach,Lord Howe Island,New South Wales,Australia

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A short stroll from town, Ned's Beach offers good snorkelling – you can hire wetsuits and gear from a little stall. Feeding the fish in the shallows here is an old Lord Howe favourite – take dollar coins to operate the fish-food machine.


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