The glass house mountains

Surfers Paradise and Brisbane

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June 14th 2007
From Byron we travelled to the Gold Coast, arriving at a city called Surfers Paradise. I for one was really surprised by the size of the place. I expected a small town like Byron not a city complete with neon and skyscrapers. The place is pretty tacky really. Its clearly a modern place and many of the buildings just look fake. Like something you would see in a Disney land resort. Its pretty hard ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

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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