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Surfers Paradise, Byron Bay and Christmas prep

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December 17th 2009
Last week I went to Surfers Paradise. I was slightly apprehensive about going because each year thousands of school leavers go there to celebrate the end of school. Fortunately, schoolies was coming to an end and it seemed relatively quiet. We stayed in a lovely apartment on the 54th floor! We went on the Grey hound for a day trip to Byron bay which I really enjoyed. We walked up to the lighthouse ... 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