Surfers Paradise Beach

Gold Coast-Byron Bay

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September 8th 2006
The Gold Coast, or more specifically Surfers Paradise was pretty much your average seaside party town but with a great beach as only you'd expect in Australia. I decided it wasn't really a place I could spend any longer than a day, so after a few hours on the beach and a run in with Sally from Home and Away (oh yes!!) I booked my next leg of my trip...Byron Bay. I'd heard that Byron was anothe ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay

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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