Me in the trolley!

Surfers Paradise!

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October 17th 2006
Wow- the last few days have been a bit of a rollercoaster! We met the tour group in Sydney on Saturday morning (6.15 am!) and began the journey up to Byron bay. It was a 10 hour journey with a few stops thrown in. Unfortunately I was pretty travel sick (4 times to be exact!) so was feeling pretty rough all day :- ( . We got to Byron bay and me and Kate found our little house. It was so cute and we ... read more

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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