Our Beach

Our Last Day on the Gold Coast

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August 3rd 2007
This was our last day on the Gold Coast, so we wanted to make the most of it. We started out our day by the pool, then headed into town for lunch. We had Fish & Chips on the beach, which is a real "Gold Coast" thing to do. We then walked up to Point Danger, which was named by Captain James Cook when he mapped Australia in 1770. It was a beautiful view of the ocean, and the surfers (or surfer w ... 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