Cockatoos on a branch

The beauty of the pacific and the move to St. Lucia

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February 25th 2015
It's been a while - a lot has happened since my last entry!! Travelled to the lovely pacific and went surfing in Surfers Paradise (well I made progress but the waves are insane and fighting them takes a lot of energy). The Gold coast in general is one of the major tourist spots on the east coast - lovely beaches yet bordered not by lovely mangrove forests or so but by huge hotels and shopp ... 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