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Surfers Paradise, The Sunshine coast and Tropical Queensland!

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September 2nd 2007
We flew to Brisbane city and only stayed one night as we had spent the last week and a half in cities and decided that we had had enough of them. We picked up our little hire car....another Hyundai Getz only this time, a nice baby blue colour and made our way to Surfers Paradise in the Gold coast. We spent a couple of nights there lazing on the beach which was beautiful and going into the sea for ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more