Spring Break 08 Australia 524

Australian Adventure SB08 Days 9-10

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October 8th 2008
Sunday, September 28 Day 9- Left Byron Bay at 7:30AM via Greyhound and got to Surfers Paradise by 9AM. Surfers Paradise is known as the Miami equivalent of Australia. As soon as we got to the beach I jumped in on the 10 o'clock surf lesson. Learned to surf for 2 hours and had lots of fun. Ziva didn't want to join, she took some pictures from the beach. After that workout, I had lunch at Hard ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Surfers Paradise

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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