The beach

Nachtrag + Wochenende

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October 20th 2008
Hey there, finally an update even though nothing too exciting has happened. Work's the usual: boring. However, the weekend of the 11th we paid a large amount of money to go on a dolphin-sightseeing-kayaking-tour. Obviously, it had to be the one weekend I was introduced to my first Australian rain. We went anyway. Initially we had planned to go to Rainbow Beach but the waves were to high and ... 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