Been Spending Most My Life Living In A Surfer's Paradise

Along the well-known and heavily visited Gold Coast of central Eastern Australia, Surfer's Paradise originated as just that - a quiet retreat for surfers with some nice waves and long beaches a few decades ago, but after the influx of high-rise hotels, casinos,...

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Koala Conservatory

After Gosford Park and my night at the shady rest area, I knew I had to make up some driving time, so I planned for a long day on the road, hoping to get a long way away from Sydney and up the East Coast that is so highly acclaimed by the hordes of travellers...

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Gosford Park

Going back towards the coast again, away from the stunning Blue Mountains, my next stop was a wilderness park whose brochure had said the magic word to ensure that I'd make a stop there. In addition to the obligatory kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, emus and even...

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Blue Mountains

As I left Wollongong, I followed the acclaimed coastal road, with bridges and overhangs along the ocean, though not quite as impressive as the photos and tour books made it seem. I was soon on the outskirts of Sydney, heading West to the Blue Mountains, a popular...

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Bateman's Bay and Domino's Pizza

As I headed away from the rather uninteresting capital of Canberra, I wanted to get back to the coast and the untouched beaches of Southern New South Wales, a part often neglected by tourists in their rush to make it up the East coast from Sydney. Due to my rather...

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Wilson's Prom

Reluctantly leaving Wildlife Wonderland and my new friends (both animal and human) behind, I headed for the Southernmost point of the Australian mainland - Wilson's Promontory National Park. The place is highly acclaimed in the guide books and was recommended...

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Looking for a Place to Sleep/Wildlife Wonderland

As I left the Great Ocean Road, I thought I may be able to find a place to sleep before I got back to the main cities of Geelong or Melbourne, but my camera battery was running low, so I figured that I'd instead make it into one of the small towns along the way...

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In Search of the Platypus

With some rather odd, nondescript directions, I made my way through some very dark, windy roads, presumably through some forest to the edge of what was said to be Lake Elizabeth, though I couldn't see a thing in the darkness of the cloudy night. I parked my van...

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