Hayley with a Seal on her head!

Rain in Australia - not all the time though!!

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November 8th 2008
We have just spent four days on the Gold Coast in Surfers Paradise and the weather wasn't exactly perfect. We spent a day and a half in Brisbane - on the Sunday we hired a couple of Tandems and cycled around the river - we cycled over the Story Bridge - which is a bit like Sydney Harbour but not as pretty. We left Brisbane on the Monday morning and by the time we reached Surfers Paradise it wa ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Coffs Harbour

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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