very nice area near a man made beach

Moving on up..

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March 29th 2006
Oh dear what a shame we had to leave Surfer's Paradise?!?! (said with more sarcasm than ever before). It was awful. After leaving the most amazing place I have ever been to end up in a commercial, concrete, neon, McDonald's, theme park, scally-tastic filled dump can only be described very depressing and put us all on a bit of a downer for a few days. The night life there was supposed to be it's o ... 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