Surfers Paradise

Brisbane to Sydney

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November 18th 2014
We shared the airport shuttle from Airlie beach to Proserpine (Whitsundays airport) with a group that had just spent 7 tough days cycling from Brisbane to Airlie Beach, a charity fundraising event. The return to Brisbane would take them just over an hour. Given that the G20 was in full swing in Brisbane we were not sure what we would encounter in terms of hold ups, but in the end we saw no evidenc ... 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