Farewell

Australian Gold Coast - The Final Day

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July 11th 2011
After limping our way out of New Zealand with two days of driving to get from Fiordland to Christchurch, we wanted to leave Australia on high note. We left the rainforest relatively early and headed for the Gold Coast. The drive was just over an hour to get just north of the insanely huge condominium complexes of Surfer's Paradise. The Gold Coast is a major league beach destination with amu ... 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