Driving Up

Surfers Paradise, Australia

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February 23rd 2009
Day 1 (Friday) - I arrived in Surfer’s Paradise and was thankful it was a pretty day. I had heard from other travelers that it had been raining there pretty regularly and I had a task ahead that was going to take some walking. Immediately upon arrival, I consulted a traveler’s desk to see if they knew of any places where I may find accommodation. Unfortunately, that was a big fat ‘0’. Oh w ... 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