Byron Bay

Surfers Paradise and Byron Bay

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December 16th 2008
After I left Kelli's on Friday I headed on to Surfers Paradise, which is a high rise tourist town. I didn't see much of it to be honest but I did go to the water park "Wet n Wild," which was awesome, not as great as "Water World" in Colorado but still good fun! On Sunday I arrived into Byron Bay, it's supposed to be was Surfers was a few years ago, but I think it's trying to be a bit hippier, ... read more

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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