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Sydney Blue Mountain

The Blue Mountains are one of the few natural scenic sights in the Sydney city suburbs. It is a World Heritage site offering breathtaking views of valleys and cliff side shaped by land erosion. Not all nature sights are remotely situated, the Blue Mountains are near enough that you can use half a day to catch some fantastic highland...
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Sydney Fish Market

Sydney fish market is the go to place for fresh and delicious seafood in the city of Sydney. It is so popular that the market had grown into much of an attraction of its own. It is not uncommon to see swarms or even bus load of tourists coming here for meals. The place known for offering the best...
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The Two Wolves Community Cantina Sydney

The Two Wolves: Community Cantina is a cozy little bar serving great food in downtown Sydney, Australia. On top of being a Mexican restaurant, they are also a social enterprise restaurant which raises funds for disadvantaged communities both in Sydney and abroad. Let's check out what the food joint has to offer. Two wolves is located along Sydney Broadway...
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Luna Park Sydney

Luna Park Sydney is a retro Amusement theme park located at Milsons Point on the North bank of the Sydney Harbour. It is connected to the South Bank via then iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge in New South Wales, Australia. Moreover, the park entrance sits beside and almost directly under the north side of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It is...
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Sydney Harbour Bridge, Opera House

The Sydney Harbour is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Australia. The vicinity is home to two prominent Australian landmarks, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera house in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Let's go check them out today. Getting to Circular Quay Circular Quay is a starting point for exploring Sydney Harbour. This bay-side area of interest...
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Brodburger Flame grilled burgers at Canberra

Brodburger Canberra is an independent burger joint operating in Australia. I had a chance to try their selections when I visited Canberra. Brodburger claims to be one of Canberra’s favorite, if not, the favorite burger joint in the region, serving their highly popular flame grilled burgers. Furthermore. the history has that Brodburger used to operate as a food truck. They...
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Canberra city and Australian Parliament

City of Canberra and is a chill city on the South eastern part of Australia. It is also home to the Australian parliament which I am going to do a visit and walk through on today. In Australia, the Parliament is officially called the Federal Parliament. Given Australia colonial roots, it is also known as the Commonwealth Parliament. The locals...
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City of Melbourne Sunset from Mount Dandenong

Mount Dandenong is an area of highland just on the outskirts of the city of Melbourne. Notably, it is both a mountain and a small township of Greater Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. The town was formed in the 1900s. Also, it was not till the 1922 where the first motorcars started to set foot into Mount Dandenong. Moreover, it...
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Great Ocean Road Australia

The Great Ocean Road is a scenic highway which runs along the southern coast of the Australian continent in Victoria, Australia. The road used to be a major highway (B100) until a newer inland A1 highway replaces it. Today, the road serves as a popular tourist attraction in the region. People flock to the area for its spectacular scenic...
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Perth Rottnest Island

Perth is an Australian city, and the largest capital city off the coast of Western Australia. Today, let's check out the scenic Rottnest Island. Established in 1830s, it is one of the primary nature sites with nice bays and ocean side views to visit when you are in Perth. Rottnest is a small island located about 19 km west...
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Australia City of Perth

I will like to write about a recent short trip I did to the lazy city of Perth. The City of Perth is an Australian capital city located on west side of the Australian continent. Moreover, the city is a local government area and body. It is pretty much self-run under the legislation laid by the Australian Parliament. Notably,...
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Gold Coast SkyPoint Observation Deck

The Q1 building is one of the few tallest buildings on the Surfer’s Paradise skyline and currently the tallest building in the Gold Coast, even overlooking the Soul tower. The building architecture itself is rather unique too, shaped to withstand the strong regular cyclone winds originating from the east. So it makes good sense to put the premiere observatory...
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Australia Gold coast city

The Gold coast is a coastal city on the western shores of Continental Australia. It is Australia’s main tourist destination and a haven for surfers complete with long stretches of open beaches facing the Pacific, almost like equivalent of the Miami of continental Australia. Main things to go for here are the beaches and theme parks (i.e. Movie world,...
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Dreamworld theme park, Queensland Australia

Dreamworld is one of my favourite theme parks in Australia, namely for the sheer park size and the number of rides they have at the park. The 85 hectare park located beside the Pacific Motorway in Coomera is largely accessible using direct public buses from Surfer’s Paradise. The park was founded by businessman John Longhurst in 1981 and has...
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City of Brisbane, Australia and Brisbane River South banks

Brisbane is a nice to check out if you are in the Gold Coast area. It is a short 1-2 hour drive from Surfer’s paradise via the Pacific Motorway. A good place to begin will be from the South banks near the convention center (which also provides cheaper parking than the exorbitant prices at the downtown Brisbane city hall)....
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Wet ‘n’ Wild Gold Coast Oxenford, Queensland, Australia

Wet and wild is one of the premiere and pioneering water theme parks in Gold coast Australia and one of seven water parks operating under the Wet 'n' Wild brand. Opened in 1984 and adjacent to Warner Bros. Movie World (also owned by Village Roadshow Theme Parks), it an open air water park comprising of 17 water slides, 4...
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Warner Bros Movie World Oxenford, Queensland

The Warner Bros Movie World at Oxenford is home to the coolest rides and best thrill roller coasters in the region. Located along the Pacific motorway and like Seaworld and Wet wet wild, is similarly run by Village Roadshow Theme Parks. The theme park itself is not actually an actual movie studio, but rather a full-fledged theme park in...
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Australia Gold coast Themeparks, Sea world Southport, Queensland

Sea World is one of the classic and oldest theme parks in the Gold coast. Opened on 30th October 1971 and currently operated by Village Roadshow Theme Parks. A white maritime ferry terminal shaped visitor center greets you are the main entrance, where a customer service booth, gallery seating and food stores line the ground floor of the entrance...

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