Surfing Stance

Surf's Out!

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April 1st 2008
After leaving the Australian Zoo, my next stop was to make my way down the Gold Coast and do some surfing. I've wanted to try surfing for a long time, and although I wasn't expecting to carve any waves on my first go, I did want to see how I could get on. My first stop along the Gold Coast was a town adequately named "Surfer's Paradise" or Surfers as everyone refers to it. Surfers had nice lo ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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