The Cyclone

Surfers...Paradise?

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January 12th 2009
12/1/09 = Arriving in Surfers Paradise Should have been a brilliant nights sleep, but woke up with dreaded cramp again. tried to get back to sleep, but both legs were aching, so ended up getting up and down out of bed all morning. Gave up on sleep completely at 6:30 and did some reading and diary writing. Everyone else started to get up at 8am and I got up too. Was check out day today and movin ... 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