travel42 Port Guide: Muara

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The port of Muara is Brunei's only deepwater port and is a great way to enter this tiny country. Developments started there with coal mining at the Brooketon Colliery, which closed in 1924.

Muara's main attraction is its beautiful mile-/kilometer-long white-sand beach, perfect for relaxing during the day or browsing the local people's handicraft stalls. The beach is home to the Brunei-Australia Memorial site where ANZAC is observed on 25 April. Australian troops landed there on 10 June 1945 t...