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Here be dragons!

Love these little water dragons. While we were sitting at the pool they slithered over the ledge like hungry little velociraptors (we were in the food area). Anywhere there's water you can find them. They'll eat anything (French fries) but prefer meat. They're like squirrels, with scales. They're also aggressive about their territory- there are 2 outside Jim's office window fighting for the yard. Exciting to watch haha
Gold Coast: The Miami of Australia

November 8th 2015
Saturday morning we got up and made all our travel arrangements for the month. Sigh of relief. Sydney next weekend (opera house, harbor bridge, Manly beach) and Cairns/the reef the weekend after that (+/- the rainforest and aboriginal walk). I scoped it out online and found us some decent flights and we found decent hotels (NO Jetstar!!!) Not much is driveable. Size-wise, it's similar to being in ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gold Coast » Surfers Paradise

Australian Flag 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
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