lighthouse at the most easterly point of australia

Surfers, Byron and the rest!!

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March 18th 2007
Our next destination from Brisbane was surfers paradise on the gold coast, where we finally found a spell of good weather untill the day we left when it pissed down! Once we arrived at our hostel we discovered that the hostel hold a backpackers pub crawl on wednesdays and saturdays, which convinced us that our first day should be spent watching a film and relaxing before going out. That night was ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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