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| - | Getting around | + | For years tourists have ridden boats through this sacred Australian natural wonder. A new ban will stop them in their tracks |
| + | The Horizontal Falls are one of Australia’s strangest natural attractions, | ||
| - | Macao’s airport, located on eastern Taipa, | + | But all that is about to change. |
| - | The mammoth Hong Kong-Macao-Zhuhai Bridge, the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge, was completed in 2018. It is just one of many Chinese projects intended | + | Located at Talbot Bay, a remote spot on the country’s northwestern coastline, the falls are created when surges |
| - | Despite the $20 billion bridge, infrastructure within Macao is a different story. Locals who don’t | + | For decades, tours have pierced these gaps on powerful boats, much to the dismay of the area’s Indigenous Traditional Owners, who say the site is sacred. |
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| + | It’s not the only reason the boat tours are controversial. In May 2022 one boat hit the rocks resulting | ||
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| + | Although the boat trips have continued, the concerns of the Indigenous Traditional Owners have now been heeded, with Western Australia, the state in which the falls are situated, saying they will be banned in 2028 out of respect. | ||