Happy Campers!!

The Gold Coast

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April 4th 2011
It was a hop skip and a jump up the coast to meet our fellow travellers Tina and Paul!! We were looking forward to catching up on their tales of the North as we are heading in opposite directions. Our chosen meeting point was Surfers Paradise - unfortunately there weren't many surfers and it ain't much of a paradise, with all the high rise buildings towering over the beach. We hit the beac ... 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