Heading down the coast!

Australia's East Coast

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November 17th 2011
We left the tropical climate of the rain forest, and headed south from Port Douglas in a camper van to explore the rest of Australia's east coast as we made our way toward Sydney. White sandy beaches grace almost the entire coastline, and a string of islands and coral reefs dangles just offshore. Interesting towns along the way, the Sunshine Coast, the Gold Coast (which is the cheesiest, tacki ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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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