Surfers

Crossing the border

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December 17th 2006
After having one more look around Surfers Paradise, we continued our journey south, but this time with a small detour to Mount Tamborine. On the approach roads to the Mountain were large red sign posts warning of steep inclines, that trucks, vans and large vehicles should turn back, we took this as only a gentle hint and decided to ignore them and continued our ascent. After a very short time ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay

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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