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Gold Coast - near Surfers Paradise

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September 16th 2010
We spent the week in the suburbs of Surfer’s Paradise with a family and saw quite a bit of rain. We painted fences, did some housework and looked after their 16month old girl. When the sun shone we got to see the beaches which go on for miles. It is a popular place as lots of Australians go to the Gold Coast on their holidays. They kindly let us borrow their car to see the national parks in the ... 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