John's place on the Sunshine Coast

Enter Queensland: Surfer's Paradise, Brisbane & the Sunshine Coast

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March 9th 2009
Crossing the border into Queensland, first stop was Surfer's Paradise- a party town / resort which isn't actually all that great for surfing in comparison to nearby east coast areas. I won't dignify Surfer's with a very big paragraph, as the place reminded me of Benidorm or some similar European 18-30s resort where Brits go to get drunk at night and turn pink on the beach during the day. Now I enj ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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