Favoured by its proximity to two great waterways and by its two ports, Nisaea on the Saronic and Pegae on the Corinthian Gulf, Megara took a prominent part in the commercial expansion of Greece from the 8th century onwards, and for two hundred years enjoyed prosperity out of proportion to the slight resources of its narrow territory.
Is the gulf far from here?
In the Gulf of Carpentaria are numerous islands, the largest bearing the Dutch name of Groote Eylandt.
On the way back to the house, Alex offered to take them to the gulf for a family outing.
Several minor ranges, the topography of which is little known, extend from Cambridge Gulf, behind a very much broken coast-line, to Limmen Bight on the Gulf of Carpentaria.