First trip to the beach

Reunited at last!

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October 8th 2005
Almost four years to the day when we started our trip around the Middle East together, we finally met up again! The main reason we decided to travel to Australia was because we wanted to meet up with the four people we met in Turkey in 2001. We met them on our first morning in Istanbul in our hotel and we became instant friends. We got along so well that we decided to travel with Sally, Jakki, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gold Coast

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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