Australian Geographic

AUSTRALIA’S GREATEST BORES

IN 2002 Damon Harvey entered surfing folklore when he rode a wave all the way from Snapper Rocks, near the New South Wales–Queensland border, 2.2km up the coast to Kirra Beach. As epic as it was, Damon’s four-minute ride was not done on the longest wave recorded in Australia.

The country’s longest

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