I enjoyed just observing the California beach goers. You know the song --- “I wish they all could be California girls” --- oh behave! They came in all shapes and sizes --- chiseled vs. cellulite. From skins that were smooth and youthful to overcooked and leathery --- the vegans mixed with the fast food junkies. It's interesting how most sun bathers started out very demure --- unpeeling each layer of clothing but, as the day progressed, all inhibitions were thrown by the wayside. You know the old saying --- "When in Rome ..."

The Palladian Traveler files his eighth and final dispatch from his 24-day stay Down Under by having a “Captain Cook” along the picturesque Coastal Pathway.

The Palladian Traveler keeps the esky well stocked as he shoves off in a variety of craft to navigate his way around a few of the Sunshine Coast’s incredible waterways for some wet ‘n wild fun.

He may not know how to blow into a didgeridoo or properly throw a boomerang, but the Palladian Traveler does know food. Join him as he demonstrates how to tuck in for brekkie at one of the hippest eateries along the Sunshine Coast.

The Palladian Traveler hops aboard a fully restored heritage train and rides part of the original rail line across the magical Mary Valley of Queensland.

The Palladian Traveler winds his way along one of the most scenic drives of the Sunshine Coast as he ventures up into the Blackall Range of Queensland’s Hinterland, where the air is cooler and the grass greener.

The Palladian Traveler dons a pair of khaki shorts as he channels his inner Steve Irwin and gets face to face with a ‘roo and a ring-tailed lemur. Crickey!

The Palladian Traveler boards a state-of-the-art pontoon boat and glides deep into the Noosa Everglades to view first hand some of the 1,365 species of plant life and 700 native animals and birds that inhabit this UNESCO world heritage site.

Australia, the “Land Down Under,” where, according to Men at Work, “the women glow, the beer does flow and men [purportedly] chunder,” is the sixth largest country, by area, on the planet, but also the smallest of our seven continents. Confused? Don’t be.