Surfers

Surfers' Paradise.

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September 27th 2010
Hop, skip and a jump over to Surfers' Paradise! I arrive, take a little walk to my hostel, check in, dump my stuff in the room and in walks Leanne. We ask the typical first backpacker questions "where are you from?" "How long have you been in Australia?" etc etc and then Maria and Sylvia walk in and after 20 minutes of chat, we finally find out each other's names! I spend most of th ... 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