Surfers Paradise beach

Greetings from Surfers!!

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March 6th 2007
Its been ages since our last blog so here goes................ We landed in Brisbane and to be honest we didn't think much of it after Thailand and Hong Kong. Its a good enough city but we missed not having the beach at our doorstep so we only stayed a week and moved on to surfer Paradise. While we were there though we went to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary where there are loads of Koala's, Ka ... read more

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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