Gold Coast--Surfer's Paradise

Brissie, North Straddie & the Gold Coast-ie

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September 20th 2008
Gettin' Dizzy in Brissie Well ... we never really finished this blog when we should have. I think we had good intentions, but here we are two years later ... sitting back in Bangkok ready to write about the Philippines, and I find this entry ... never completed. I can fill you in super fast style. Brissie was amazing! The weather was wonderful ... like spring time. We stayed at ... 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