Me at a beach on way to Byron

Themeparks, rain and jetski

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January 8th 2011
We’ve had a busy few days since we last managed to write a blog! Steve and Tess have let us borrow their car so we drove to Wet and Wild on Tuesday. We paid $99 for unlimited use of Wet and Wild, Movie World and SeaWorld until June 2011 so we can visit all the parks. It was sunny for the first time in ages so it was very very busy. We had to queue for up to an hour to get on the rides and there ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gold Coast

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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