AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 29 Jan 2009 | Views [819]
The Gold Coast, or the 'Goldy' as it's known to a nation of abbreviators, is the Costa Del Sol of Australia. A place where every bus stop has a kid with a bodyboard wedged under an arm, every beach has a shower, a BBQ pit and a surf lifesavers club.... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 20 Jan 2009 | Views [801]
We rolled into the small carpark next to a small estuary with oysters clustered over rocks at the neck, pelicans and gulls, and one Border Collie wading around the shallows, barking sporadically. Dusk fell, we ran out of cooking gas, drove around looking ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 4 Dec 2008 | Views [846]
It's not a bear, but you can see why they call it one; this is the closest thing to a teddy bear that lives and breathes (and sleeps, and sleeps). Two cloth ears of the softest, most feathery grade. Two stoned little beady eyes. A big black beetle ... Read more >
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